ELR Citation: ELR 21001
No(s). H-77-1870 (S.D. Tex. Jul 31, 1981)

In an action in which the United States seeks to recover the expenses incurred in cleaning up an oil spill, the court rules that a tugboat is not a "third party" under §311(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). After a barge owner failed to clean up an oil spill caused when its ves...