ELR Citation: ELR 20006
No(s). 78-1656 (7th Cir. Dec 22, 1978)

The Seventh Circuit upholds the Coast Guard's imposition of a $350 civil penalty under §311(b)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act on the owner of a barge from which oil was spilled into navigable waters because of the act or omission of a third party. The court acknowledges that causatio...