ELR Citation: ELR 20994
No(s). 81-3127 (5th Cir. Jul 30, 1982)

The Fifth Circuit rules that §311(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) does not preempt the federal government's right under maritime tort law to recover oil spill cleanup costs from the owner or operator of a third-party vessel that negligently caused the discharge, but does precl...