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WARD v. COLEMAN

Nos. CIV-76-0303-E, CIV-76-0456-E.

423 F.Supp. 1352 (1976)

L. O. WARD, Plaintiff, v. William G. COLEMAN, Jr., Individually and as Secretary of Transportation for the United States of America, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. L. O. WARD and L. O. Ward Oil and Gas Operations, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Oklahoma.

December 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Jones and James H. Gungoll, Enid, Okl., for L. O. Ward.

David L. Russell, U. S. Atty., and Richard F. Campbell, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., Bruce J. Chasan, and Earl Salo, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U. S.

Harold B. Scoggins, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

EUBANKS, District Judge.

33 U.S.C. § 1321(b) provides, in pertinent part:

"The discharge of oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States ... is prohibited .... * * * * * * "Any owner or operator of any vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility from which oil or a hazardous substance is discharged ... shall be assessed a civil penalty ... of not more...

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