Split 4th Circuit: Groups Have Valid Claim For Water Tainted By Ruptured Pipeline

RICHMOND, Va. - A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 12 vacated and remanded a ruling by a district court, concluding that conservation groups have a valid claim against a company whose pipeline leaked 369,000 gallons of gasoline into local groundwater and other water sources (Upstate Forever, et al. v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, et al., No. 17-1640, 4th Cir.).
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