Legal Issues and Principles

Legal issue- Alumina reported to be in violation of environmental discharge norms in a routine EPA compliance evaluation inspection.

Legal Principle- Alumina complied to a clean up ordered by the EPA. The subsequent audit violation was entered as corrected.

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Legal issue- News paper comes out with an article regarding Kelly Bates who is charging that Alumina with repetitve contamination of Lake Dira with carcinogenic affluents and causing her 10 year old daughter to have Leukemia.

Legal issue - Increased traffic is poisoning the waters of Erehwon is poisoning the waters of Lake Dira with polycyclic aromatic which show to be a hundred times greater than the pre- urban and pose a danger to animal, aquatic and human life.

Legal principle- Alumina conducts an independent site study, which showed a lower than prescibed level.

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Legal issue- The Erehwon reporter and Kelly Bates have appoached the EPA to get hold of the environmental report showing where Alumina had violations of the Clean Water Act from five years ago.Citizens are allowed to information regarding federal agencies and corporations under the Freedom of Information Act

Legal principle- Alumina releases partial information about the environmental audit and withholds information that qualifies as confidential business information.

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Legal issue- Kelly Bates has threatened to file a $1 Million lawsuit against Alumina and is seeking punitve damages from the company. Kelly illeges Alumina is the proximate cause of her daughter contracting Leukemia and evidence of EPA's Clean Water Act supports a serious prior violation.

Legal principle- Alumina moves forward with a mediation through AAA, as a neutral party. There will be a...