ELR Citation: ELR 20665
No(s). 95-CV-1716(GJD/NAM) (N.D.N.Y. May 30, 2000)

The court upholds Resource Conservation and Recovery Act civil penalties of $ 4,746,500 against a gas station owner for violating U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrative orders issued after a serious gasoline spill from the station. The court first holds that the civil penalty impo...