ELR Citation: ELR 20847
No(s). 76-4083 (5th Cir. Nov 16, 1978)

The court reverses a grant of summary judgment for the government in a suit to enforce a civil penalty for discharging oil into navigable waters after finding that the spill did not have a harmful effect on the environment. Section 311(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972...