ELR Citation: ELR 20509
No(s). 00-4335 et al (4th Cir. Mar 8, 2001)

The court holds that although the owner of a wastewater facility that discharged untreated wastewater into a river was properly convicted for violating Clean Water Act (CWA) §309(c)(1)(A), a district court erred in reducing the fine initially imposed by a magistrate judge. The court first holds tha...