ELR Citation: ELR 20675
No(s). 76-205 (D. Or. Mar 21, 1978)

In an action for a civil penalty and cleanup costs resulting from an oil spill, the court awards cleanup costs of $53,360.67 to the United States pursuant to §311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Defendant was a contributing cause of the spill because he failed to take reasonable precaut...