Legal Opinion
United States v. Rohm & Haas Company and Rohm & Haas of Texas, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1974No. 73-1727PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This is a continuous discharge pollution case filed by the Government under the 1899 Refuse Act against Rohm and Haas Company, which has a large chemical manufacturing plant with a single outfall through which its treated waste water goes into the Houston Ship Channel. The District Court entered an in-junctive order which set certain limitations upon the discharge by the Company of various pollutants, such as ammonia, chemical oxygen demand, cyanide, chromium, nickel, oil and grease, into the Houston Ship Channel, and totally enjoined the barging of such wastes to sea.…
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