ELR Citation: ELR 20004
No(s). 78-1453 (7th Cir. Dec 22, 1978)

The Seventh Circuit upholds the Coast Guard's assessment of a $2,000 civil penalty against the owner of a pipeline from which oil was spilled into navigable waters through the act of a third party. Section 311(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act makes owners of facilities from which oil...