Demarcus is a corporate officer at an industrial plant that was recently found to be leaking contaminated wastewater into a local river. Under which of the following circumstances would Demarcus not be found liable for violating the Clean Water Act?
A. Demarcus had no way of knowing that there was a leak at the plant.
B. Demarcus didn’t know it was illegal to release wastewater into waterways.
C. Demarcus made an attempt to clean up the environmental damage from the leak.
D. Demarcus immediately repaired the source of the leak.