Sierra Club versus Cedar Point Oil Company--how bad can it get?

Date

1994

Authors

McGowan DK

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Abstract

Cedar Point Oil Company, a small operator of one oil well in Galveston Bay, has discharged its produced saltwater back into the Bay--like every other Bay operator--pursuant to a state permit. The Sierra Club sued Cedar Point for discharging without a federal EPA permit. Cedar Point applied for one, but EPA refused to consider the application, advising that it would neither grant nor deny such a permit. Caught in this catch-22, Cedar Point applied to the judiciary for help, to no avail. The United States District Court in Houston Fined Cedar Point $186,000, awarded attorneys fees of $83,000, and shut the well down

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115-119

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ASW,USA,Texas,Galveston Bay, Effluents, Environmental protection, Galveston Bay, litigation, O 4080 Pollution - Control and Prevention, Oil and gas industry, oil industry, P 9000 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, Permits, Q5 01505 Prevention and control, saline water, SW 3020 Sources and fate of pollution, USA, USA,Texas,Galveston Bay, Waste disposal

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