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Thic letter is to confira diccunnions bet.voan theState Health Departmcat cud Concolidated Edicon in con ~crcnco .March 9,1970 sad prov.ide the basic of control for chenient ./

c' wastcuator dicchargco at the Indian Po;*nt #2 nucicar reactor. ,

1. Control of, respcasibility for, cad liabiittyresulting Cicm.any dicciv:rges rest with the Ccnaolidated 34 son

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2. No concentr.:ted unsh solutions shall be dischnrgedwithout appropriate treatment.

3. All chemien1. compounds uced in the alkalino, ccidand passivation operations chalb be complotoly identified.

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be deccznited and reported prior to any release t.o the circulating~

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Rg on the lesser concent.ratione detcraincd neceptable frau either*,

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the rinso t.'acc dicchargo and circulating coolins voter is econstructica'probica of Consolidated tidicoa Ccapany. '

.9. F20 fora dischargc of any rJnco. unter the colutionvill do nixed foc hcassencity to inwi*e that samplos cre repre-sentative of contents., cud dischcrl;o reficctivo of adopling-

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acceptablo to the Ucw York Stato consetvntion Departmonc.. '

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'.; . on water quclitj, of nitros.cn en n, and phosphorous os ?, sro 2.0.,.

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13. l.cid'unsh cnd pcseivation operationo ah:11 not be l~[c .(.) con?.tetod unlesc cdequate on-site storece is. cvaitchic for'

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H:cith 'cr the cceeptability orche propoucd diccharao roque:tc..

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the di.scharte t.> the iludeo;; P.!vec vill. be conA.ccw: by pern'mnel. -*

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1. What is Prohibited and Where The 1800 Refuse Act is a setting forth; ,

pow;rful, but little used, weapon in the Federal arsenal of water (a) the nature of the refuse material discharged; .pollution control enforcement legislation. Section 13 of the Act (b) the source and method of discharge;(Titti 33, United States Code, section 407) prohibits anyune. (c) the location, name, and address of the person orincluding any individual, corporation, municipality, or group. persons causing or contributing to the discharge;from throw...g. discharging, or depositing any refuse matter of (d) the name of the waterway into which the dis-any kind or any type from a vessel or from a shore based buifding, charge occurrr J:structure, or facdity into either (a) the nation's navigable rivers, (e) each date on wnich the discharge occurred;takes, streams, and other navigable bodies of water, or (b) any (f) the names and addresses of all persons known totributary to such waters, unless he has first obtained a permit to y u, including yourself, who saw or knows aboutdo so. Nasigable water includes wat'er suf ficient to float a boat or the discharges and could testify about them iflog it high water This section of the Act applies to inland waters, "C"SSU'YI

,co:stal waters, and waters that flaw across the boundaries of the (g) a statement that the discharge is not authorizedUnit;d States and Canada and Mexico. by Corps permit, or, if a permit was granted,

The term " refuse" has been broadly defined by the Supreme state f acts showmg that the alleged violator is notCourt to include solids, chemicals, oils, and other liquid poi, complying with any condition of the permit;lut nts. The only materials excepted from this general prohibition (h) if the waterway into which the discharge oc-are those flowing from streets, such as from storm sewers, and curred is not commonly known as navigable, orfr:m municipal sewers, which pass into the waterway in liquid as a tributary to a navigable waterway, state factsform. to show such status;

11. Permits to Discharge Section 13 of the Act authoriics the (i) Where possible, photographs should be taken,Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to and samples of the pollutant or foreign substancepermit the deposit of material into navigable waters under cond;. collected in a clean jar which is then sealed.tions prescribed by him. Regulatiots gove ning the issuance of These should be labeled with information show-permits are pi.blished in Title 33 of t% Code of Federal Regula. ing who took the photograph or sample, where,tions, Part 209. and when, and how; and who retained custody of

111, Penalty f or Violations - Violations of the Refuse Act are the film jar.subject to criminal prosecution and pena ties of a fine of notmore than S2.500 nor less than $500 for each day or instance of C, When a citizen furnished information to the U.S.

violation, or imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more Attorney for the purpose of aiding in the prosecution ofviolators of the Refuse Act for past discharges, the citizenthan 1 ycor, or both a fine and imprisonment (Title 33, United

States Code. Section 411). A citizen who informs the appro- should also urge the U.S. Attcrney to seek injunctions

priat2 United States attorney about a violation and gives suf- under the same Act to preclude future dischar5as, or other

ficient information to lead to conviction is entitled to one-half oforders to require the dischargers to remove pollutants

the fine set by the court. (See section V of this outline.) already discharged. More frequent use of this authority by

IV. Procedure for Citizen to-Seck Enforcement of Refusethe Government, together with criminal sanctions, will

Act A. The citizen having information about any discharge of . have lasting pollution control results.rufuse mto navigable waters should Ost ascertain whether V." Qui Tam" suits Where a statute, such as the Refuse Act,

O the ducharge is authorized by Corps permit. If a permit is provides that part of a fine shall be paid to citizens who furnishin effect, the citizen shculd endeavor to ascertain whether suf ficient information of a violation to lead to a conviction of thethe permittee is comply;ng with its terms. This informa- violator, and the Government fails to prosecute within a reason-

R tion can be obtained from the appropriate office of the able period of time, the informer can bring his own suit, in theS Corps of Engineers with jurisdiction over the particular name of the Government, against the violator to collect hisp waters into which the discharge occurs. Such information portion of the penalty. This is called a " qui tam" suit. The in-

is avaDable to the public under the Freedem of Informa* former has a financial interest in the fine and therefore can sue to3il tion Act (5 U.S. Code 552; Public Law 90 23), collect it. The Supreme Court has upheld such qui tam suits.

S. The Refuse Act specifically directs that the appropri- Some of these decisions are cited in the Report of the Houseate United States attorney shall " vigorously prosecute all Committee on Government Operations (House Report 91917,

g3 of fenders." (Title 33, United States Code, seclion 413 ) in March 18,1970) entitial "Our Waters and Wetlands: How the$ order to do so he needs adequate informatIon to prove Corps of Engineers can help prevent their Destruction and Pol-@ that the discharges were made and that they vio;ated the lution."E law or the conditions of the permit. Furfhermore, the The United States district courts apparently have exclusive

h statute specifies that the citizen's right to Qne-half of the jurisdiction to hear and decide such suits. (Title 28, United States*

j fine is conditioned on his providing to the/U.S. Attorney Code, section 1355.) In such a qui tam suit, the citizen must i

information sufficient to / cad to a cony /crion of the prove that the alleged vio:ator did,in fact, violate the Act.*

violator. /I If the citizen should lose the suit, he probably would have to

in providing information to the U. . Attorney, the bear the cost of suing including his lawyer's fees.cntizen should make a detailed statement worn to before Outline courtesy of Rep. M havr Harrington (O . Moss.1

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Fishermen Get $2,000 for Pollution Case Help SCORE- . . - . - .

By CRAIG R. WIIITNEY IU* S' Shares Penn Cenfrc!' times t stop discharging thewaste material.The Federal Government

gave the Hudson RMr Fisher, fine With Nadson Group According to the suit, sludgemen's Association a eneck for O'1 parts of the floor of Foun-$2.000 yesterday for its help in That Cape In[ormation dry Cove has a cadmium con-

, Edited by ROBERT CREAMERobtaining a conviction of the tent of as much as 17 partsPm Central railroad for pol- i per hundred, which. If not re-lutmg t'n riverat Harmon N.Y. yesterday against a battery moved, could flow into the Hud. MUTINY wlTH A BOUNTY

.,h David Sive. the lawyer for: company in Cold Spring N. Y.,' son for many years. But mark up a victory for conservation,-6 t; the group. said that as far as,for allegedly dumping cadmium. The maximum amount of cad- too' When we.left the Hudson River1:M he or United States Attorney.a poisonous heavy metal, into mium permitted in drinking

Whitney North Seymour Jr.j Foundry water by the United States Fishermerfs Association (SI, Feb.16), -could destmine a private or.! udsen m, Cove, an inlet of theig H Putnam County. Public Health Service is 0.01 the Penn Central Railroad had pleaded .

%. e ganizatkn had never beforel The suit. against Marathon; parts per million, the suit says. guilty and paid $4,000 in fines for dis-|9 been givca ; art of a fine in a| general manager,yM. L. Cas jThe location of Foundry Covecharging oil into the Hudson at Har-

Battery Compan and its.N pollution cre under the Refuse is well downstream from anyiO Act of ITM The fishermen's sotta, seeks a court order to point at wh!ch the Hudson mon, N.Y. Yet members of the HRFA,2 organization had given the force the company to stnp let- is used m water supplies, Mr. who had for years screamed-about thei

aM Government mformation that ting ca:imium and other refuse Seymour said.railr ad's v. lation of the 1899 Federal

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ioM had led to the prosecution, escape into the river and to .His grand jury investigation,'C Mr. Seymour, who presented dredge the cove to remove what he explaiced, would be co- Refuse Act, were near revolt. A little-

the money to Mr. Sivo at the is there already. ordinated with the work of known clause in this seldom-enforced, p/,ic Federal Court House in Foley Like many Federal prosecu- both state and local govern- law says that half of any ,ne shall bepSquare said the railroad had tions of polluters, this one was ment agencies, but was started-

,Q pitaded guilty last October, be- based on information provided because of * increasing concern paid to the person or persons reporting ,

'M fore Mr. Seymour took office, by another Government with the effectiveness of exist- the polluter, but some federal officialsO to discharrin; fuel oil into the agency, in this case the Army ing enforcement in the water were irying to pretend the HRFA had% river, and had been fined Corps of Enginees, which, ac. poilution field." No specific tar,

nothing to do w,th the case. Now j,us-- [; $t000. cording to the suit, had warned gets of the grand jury were i

Mr. Sive said h:.s group would he Marathtn company three mentioned. tice has triumphed. U.S. Attorney Whit-t.n*

k ncy North Seymour Jr.of New York pre-ntin e i wo k gain po1,6 lution of the Hudson. sented the HRFA with a treasury check

for 52,000. According to Seymour, a new'M New Investigation Begun ,,

) Mr. Seymour announced that li h ph appointee who himself urged the Gov.

a N= ld!!.La[k |yM 8 special Federal grand jury d crnment to pay up, this is the first time% was empaneled yesterday to be. "i" gM a private group has ever received theto gin an investigation of viola- Q p

$ bounty ordered by Congress 71 yearsM tions of the Federal water pol.M lution laws in southern New ago.Said a happy Richard Garrett pres-y York State, the judicial district' ident of the HRFA: "We're going to- c ed ny Mr. Seymour's

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tamination involved and he of-fered to replace the more than200.000 fish estimated to have

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cidents since Jan.1.. that with "hindninnt'' e enm-?

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