United States ex rel. EPA v. Hill Petroleum Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20457
No(s). 85-0184 L (W.D. La. Jul 29, 1986)

The court rules that a violation of a quarterly average limitation of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) lead phasedown rule constitutes only a single day of violation under Clean Air Act §211(d), which imposes a mandatory $10,000 per day civil penalty for violations of EPA's fuel additi...