Legal Opinion
Quaker State Corp. v. United States Coast Guard
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 7, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-55 EriePublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS AND OPINION
GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.
On July, 2 1985, the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) observed a sheen on the surface of the water on Pine Run in McKean County, PA. Nearby they discovered an abandoned and refilled waste water containment pit with evidence of petroleum residues. Over the following year the Government executed a cleanup operation which entailed the excavation and removal of 115 truckloads of material. The cost of the operation to-talled $430,000.00 and the Coast Guard demanded payment of those costs, plus interest and penalties, from…
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