Department of Envtl. Protection v. Jersey Cent. Power & Light Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20370
No(s). A-218-73 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar 21, 1975)

The state of New Jersey recovers, under the doctrine of parens patriae, a statutory penalty and compensatory damages for a fish kill resulting from continued cooling pump operation during a temporary shutdown of the Oyster Creek nuclear generating plant. The discharge of cold rather than warm water ...