Environmental Site Assessment Plan/Civil Penalty: Indiana Appellate Court Addresses Whether Incarceration Pursuant to a Contempt Citation Can be Imposed Upon Auto Salvage Facility Owner
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/01/21
The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Court”) addressed in a December 29th Memorandum Decision (“Decision”) issues arising out of a lower court’s contempt citation which imposed incarceration on an individual for failure to pay a civil penalty and implement an environmental site assessment plan (“SAP”). See 2020 WL 7704414. The civil penalty and SAP had been entered into between the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (“IDEM”) and an auto salvage business owner....
By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,