District Court, N.D. West Virginia April 28, 1982, Civ. A. 81-0071-P(H) (United States v. C & R TRUCKING CO.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, District Judge.

The Government instituted this action on November 27, 1981, seeking to assess a civil penalty against the Defendant under the Clean Water Act

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and to recover the costs which it incurred in removing a quantity of oil from a tributary of the Ohio River which was allegedly discharged from the Defendant’s truck on or about February 19, 1977.