North Carolina v. Acme Petroleum & Fuel Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20569
No(s). 01-1665 (4th Cir. Mar 19, 2002)

The court affirms a district court decision entitling a state to recover from a petroleum producer and underground storage tank (UST) leasing company the costs of providing bottled water and filtration systems to homeowners whose well water was contaminated by benzene from leaking USTs. The court fi...