United States v. Plaza Health Lab., Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 21526
No(s). s. 92-1090, -1091 (2d Cir. Sep 1, 1993)

The court holds that a human being is not a point source under §301 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), and overturns the conviction of a co-owner and vice president of a laboratory, who placed vials containing human blood into the Hudson River, for knowingly discharging pollutants ...