United States v. Dixie Carriers, Inc., and Water Quality Insurance Syndicate, in Personam and M/v Dixie Buccaneer and T/b Abc 2311, in Rem

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal from partial summary judgment for the defendants in a suit brought by the government to recover oil spill cleanup costs presents a single issue: whether the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1321(f)(1), prevents the government from recovering its oil spill cleanup costs under additional legal theories. Because we conclude that Congress intended for the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to provide the exclusive legal remedy for the government to recover its oil spill cleanup costs, we affirm the decision of…