ELR Citation: ELR 20058
No(s). s. 02-1284 et al (8th Cir. Jul 28, 2004)

The Eighth Circuit held that individuals could not be criminally prosecuted under the CWA for discharging raw sewage from a towbarge moored on the Mississippi River and used as a restaurant, bar, and gas station. Although sewage is considered a pollutant under the CWA, "sewage from vessels" is exclu...