Law360, New York (September 18, 2008) -- CITGO Petroleum Corp. has entered a guilty plea and agreed to pay a $13 million fine for discharging oil into two Louisiana rivers in 2006 in violation of the Clean Water Act.
The fine is the largest ever for a criminal misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday, the same day the plea agreement...
