BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Transportation

OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. (“BP”) challenges the Coast Guard’s assessment of a $5,000 penalty against it under the Clean Water Act for the discharge' of a harmful quantity of oil into Curtis Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. Because the. Court concludes that the Coast Guard’s determination that BP is liable for the discharge is supported by substantial evidence in the administrative record and was not an abuse of discretion, it- upholds >the Coast Guard’s decision.

I. BACKGROUND