State Environmental Agency Action Successfully Settled

Client:	National manufacturer of food products
Representation:	Defense of agency enforcement action
Date:	December 2006
Locations:	Indiana

Summary:

A state environmental agency initiated an enforcement action against our client concerning an alleged improper river discharge that resulted in a significant fish kill. Through good faith settlement negotiations, which, among other factors, presented the client's history of good environmental stewardship, Schiff Hardin's defense of the enforcement action resulted in a civil penalty of less than $5,000 and no admission of liability.