Utility Company: Sierra Club’s Costs Should Be Denied In Tainted Groundwater Case

Mealey's (September 15, 2017, 8:47 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — An electric utility company that has been found guilty of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) by dumping arsenic into the groundwater filed a brief in Virginia federal court on Aug. 21 opposing the plaintiffs’ bill of costs and contending that what is known as the CWA’s fee shifting provision does not apply to the case at hand (Sierra Club v. Virginia Electric and Power Company, d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power, No. 15-112, E.D. Va.)....