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Violations of Environmental Terms in Federal Oil and Gas Lease Insufficient to Support a Claim under the False Claims Act

The Energy Law Blog

The plaintiff additionally alleged that, by failing to report the discharges, the defendants concealed an obligation to pay the government by fraudulently avoiding fines and penalties under several statutes, including the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Oil (..)

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