Public Interest Research Group of N.J. v. Powell Duffryn Terminals, Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 20152
No(s). 84-340 (D.N.J. Sep 19, 1989)

The court imposes a $3.205 million civil penalty in a Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) citizen suit against a company for illegal and excessive discharges from its wastewater treatment plant. The court had previously determined that between 1977 and 1988, the bulk chemical storage and tra...