Fifth Circuit Vacates $6 Million Clean Water Act Penalty
The Energy Law
JULY 26, 2013
The case relates to a 2006 oil spill which occurred at CITGO’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, refinery. July 17, 2013) (pdf).
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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed
The Energy Law
MAY 26, 2016
The judgment is the latest in a suit the EPA filed against CITGO under the Clean Water Act for a 2006 spill at the oil company’s St. Charles refinery. The EPA sought a penalty of $4,300 per barrel. .– allowing an $81 million judgment against the oil company to stand. In the original judgment , U.S. million dollars.
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