In a case with potentially millions of dollars at stake, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s practice of imposing ongoing penalties against polluters for the continued migration of contaminants within state waters.

But the court declined to address the department’s continuing violation theory of liability for the passive migration of contaminants from soil into water, instead leaving that for the Commonwealth Court to tackle at a later date.

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