ELR Citation: ELR 20131
No(s). 5:05-CV-293-C (N.D. Tex. Jun 28, 2006)

A court holds that the United States may not impose civil fines against a pipeline operator for an oil spill that impacted an intermittent stream several miles from the nearest navigable water. The court concludes that the United States lacked jurisdiction because the stream does not constitute a na...