South Carolina Federal Court Upholds Distinction Between Point Source and Non-Point Source Pollution
April 25, 2017
On April 20, 2017, a South Carolina federal district court dismissed an environmental groups Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suit against Plantation Pipe Line Company, Inc. (PPL) and its parent company, Kinder Morgan Energy Partner, L.P. PPL owns a 3,100 mile petroleum pipeline that leaked 369,000 gallons in December 2014. The leak was repaired within a few days of…