ELR Citation: ELR 20425
No(s). 72-31-F (N.D. W. Va. Jan 11, 1973)

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, providing that discharges of pollutants generally do not violate the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 if an application for a permit to discharge has been requested and not yet acted upon, do not relieve a polluter of liability under the 1899...