Frontier Logistics Must Face Suit Over Plastic Pellet Pollution

Frontier Logistics LP failed to grasp the “elementary principle of civil procedure” in its attempt to avoid a federal water pollution lawsuit over the company’s alleged release of plastic pellets, according to a South Carolina federal court.

The lawsuit filed by environmental and conservation groups in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina may proceed as sufficient injuries have been alleged, the court held.

The groups claim the company doesn’t have a permit for the discharge of pollutants under the Clean Water Act. Its actions also allegedly violate the solid waste disposal requirements of the Resources Conservation ...