Judge Finds Company Liable Under Oil Pollution Act, May Pay Government $632,262

Mealey's (December 18, 2020, 1:20 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Dec. 17 found the owners and operators of a wastewater facility liable under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) for a May 2015 oil spill in the Mississippi River and ordered the defendants to reimburse the government the $632,262.49 it paid a company to clean up the contamination from the spill....