ELR Citation: ELR 20248
No(s). H-74-314 (D. Conn. Jan 20, 1976)

A finding that the defendant was free from material negligence in the discharge of about 7,000 gallons of oil is not a defense to liability under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. §1321(b)(6), ELR 41101, but it will support only the imposition of a nomina...