ELR Citation: ELR 20826
No(s). 87-55 Erie (W.D. Pa. Mar 7, 1988)

The court rules that the "owner or operator" under §311(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) is determined by the date of the discharge discovery. The court first holds that the government failed to prove that Quaker State owned the site after the discharges were discovered in 1985...