Of special interest is the penalty the company faces under the Clean Water Act.
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The court could consider civil penalties under the Clean Water Act, which permits fines for water pollution.
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They include Obstruction of Congress, misconduct, neglect, violation of the Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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In 2010, however, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared it a "traditional navigable water, " allowing for Clean Water Act protections, officials said.
In addition, they say, the Clean Water Act doesn't preclude punitive awards.
Congress already laid out penalties for Exxon under the Clean Water Act.
Portland has made incremental advances in reducing its sewage overflows since the Clean Water Act went into effect more than 20 years ago.
Economists sigh that she ordered the Environmental Protection Agency not to weigh costs against benefits in enforcing certain provisions of the Clean Water Act.
If gross negligence is found, it would quadruple the base damages that BP could be forced to pay under the federal Clean Water Act.
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Wal-Mart pleaded guilty to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act in California between 2003-2005 by illegally discarding the hazardous products at its stores.
However, on January 3, a federal court ruled that that the EPA could not treat storm water as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act.
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Most of this was paid to environmental attorneys in connection to lawsuits filed under the Clean Air Act, followed next by the Clean Water Act.
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The positive effects of the Clean Water Act finally kicked in.
The EPA, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act were all created, signed, or expanded under that well known hippie, Richard Nixon.
The EPA argued that it had the authority to do anything that the Clean Water Act did not explicitly say that it could not do an expansive view of bureaucratic power indeed.
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In a trial that lasted six (6) days, real estate developer Glenn Straub and his company Palm Polo Holdings, Inc, were found not guilty on violations of the Clean Water Act.
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Holder said his lawyers are looking for potential violations of the Clean Water Act, The Oil Pollution Act, The Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered Species Acts, and other criminal statutes.
Unidentified Announcer: ...said real estate developer Phil Angelides made a fortune paving over thousands of acres of wetlands, building so aggressively, the Sacramento Bee reported he violated the Clean Water Act.
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Governors and officials from eight Great Lakes states will join their counterparts from Ontario and Quebec to approve today what some call the most significant water loss since the Clean Water Act.
While the State of Florida recognizes these plants as invasive and having a negative impact on wetlands, the feds saw it as a violation of the Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1319.
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MS. BROWNER: Nothing was taken off the table with respect to enforcement of the laws, whether it be the Oil Pollution Act, the Clean Water Act, and that was made clear.
In 1972 the Clean Water Act further broadened the law, as Congress became concerned about pollution and water quality, spurred by high-profile incidents such as the Cuyahoga River catching fire in 1969.
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The Environmental Protection Agency was releasing a report on Saturday of 25 of its success stories as proof that the nation is restoring its waters through the Clean Water Act, Gore said.
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But then the Clean Water Act of 1972 stopped cities from using the waterways as open sewers, and now New York enjoys one of the best inshore saltwater angling spots in the country.
The RESTORE Act, which Landrieu sponsored and Congress approved last year, dictates that 80 percent of the Clean Water Act penalties paid by BP be divided among Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas.
The EPA is the lead agency for suspension and debarment matters regarding BP and has the authority to disbar individuals and companies under sections of the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Virtually all disposal of wastewater is regulated by the EPA, either under the Safe Drinking Water Act or the Clean Water Act, but the EPA may delegate actual enforcement of these regulations to the states.
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While legislation such as the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are embedded in many Americans' idea of government responsibility for the environment, these laws are being revisited.
Under the terms of the RESTORE Act -- passed last year with historic bipartisan support -- 80% of Clean Water Act civil penalties will go back to restore the environment and economies of the Gulf Coast states.
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