ATTORNEY GENERAL EX REL. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY v. BULK PETROLEUM CORP.

Docket No. 264207.

741 N.W.2d 857 (2007)

276 Mich. App. 654

ATTORNEY GENERAL ex rel the DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BULK PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Darshan's Michigan Stations One, Inc., and Darshan S. Dhaliwal, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided September 18, 2007, at 9:05 a.m.

Released for Publication November 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Polly A. Synk, Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff.

Miller Johnson (by James S. Brady and J. Michael Smith), Grand Rapids, for the defendants.

Before: WHITBECK, C.J., and BANDSTRA and SCHUETTE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal as of right from the trial court's order denying their motion for the reduction of a $1,090,000 penalty and granting plaintiff's motion for additional penalties of $1,418,900. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In 1986, defendants acquired the former Bulk Station 3612, a retail gas station, located at 2020 North US-23 in Hartland, Michigan, from Chevron, Inc. The property had five underground storage tanks that leaked petroleum from...

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