American Plant Food Corp. v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for the offense of water pollution. The punishment was assessed at a $500 fine.

Appellant, American Plant Food, attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to prove both a discharge into “water in the state”, 1 and a discharge into surface water adjacent to the north boundary of its premises as alléged in the information.

On May 30, 1975, Robertson Barrett and James Taylor, investigators for the Harris County Pollution Control Department, conducted an investigation of the Corporation’s plant at 903 Mayo-Shell Road in Galena Park. They walked around the…