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USEPA Suit Bars Virginia Water Board From Bringing Action for Same Polluting Offense
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2001.tb09305.x
Subject(s) - supreme court , agency (philosophy) , clean water act , action (physics) , pollutant , law , environmental science , environmental protection , engineering , political science , water quality , ecology , sociology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , social science
Prior action brought by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) against a grocery firm for violations of a permit to discharge pollutants into navigable waters barred action for the same offense brought by Virginia's State Water Control Board (SWCB), according to the Supreme Court of Virginia.