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September 8, 2008
Campground Owner Sentenced for Clean Water Act Violation (08-797)
Abner J. Schultz, a resident of Lake Havasu, Ariz., was sentenced today in federal court in Pocatello, Idaho for a criminal violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to unlawful dredge and fill work along the Salmon River. ( Read more)
Illinois Cement Plant Agrees to Reduce Harmful Emissions (08-796)
Two companies that own and operate a Portland cement manufacturing facility near Dixon, Ill., have agreed to install state-of-the-art pollution controls to reduce harmful air emissions and pay an $800,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. ( Read more)
September 3, 2008
Utah Gold and Silver Refining Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Violation (08-775)
Johnson Matthey Inc., the owner and operator of a gold and silver refining facility in Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty today to a felony violation of the Clean Water Act for failing to properly report wastewater discharges at the facility. The former plant manager and former general manager both pleaded guilty to making false statements and were sentenced by Dee Benson, U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah. ( Read more)
August 26, 2008
Former FENOC Employee Convicted for Concealing Information
from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (08-752)
Andrew Siemaszko, a former reactor coolant system engineer at FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), was convicted today by a federal jury in Toledo, Ohio, for concealing information from and making false statements to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). ( Read more)
August 20, 2008
Former U.S. Coast Guard Officer Sentenced for Lying About Vessel Pollution (08-735)
David G. Williams, a former Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and main propulsion assistant for the Coast Guard Cutter Rush, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Hawaii for making a false statement to federal criminal agents investigating allegations of potential discharges of oil-contaminated waste from the cutter into the Honolulu Harbor. ( Read more)
August 19, 2008
New Jersey Manufacturer Agrees to Reduce Harmful Emissions (08-732)
Colorite Specialty Resins, headquartered in Somerville, N.J., has agreed to perform corrective measures at its Burlington, N.J., manufacturing facility that will reduce harmful emissions of vinyl chloride to resolve alleged violations of federal and state environmental laws. ( Read more)
August 13, 2008
Oregon Corporation Sentenced for Ocean Pollution Violation (08-720)
Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals Incorporated (KMBT) was sentenced for a felony violation of federal ocean protection laws. KMBT admitted to violating the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, more commonly known as the Ocean Dumping Act, which makes it a crime to knowingly transport or cause to be transported, without a permit, certain materials from the United States for the purpose of dumping the materials into ocean waters. ( Read more)
August 12, 2008
University of Rhode Island and Local Municipalities Agree to Clean up Superfund Site (08-718)
The University of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, and two municipalities have agreed to pay for past and future cleanup costs at the West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal Area Superfund Site, located in South Kingstown, R.I. ( Read more)
Federal Government Announces Settlement with Coal-fired Power Plant (08-716)
As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of $400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a $950,000 civil penalty. ( Read more)
August 7, 2008
Nevada Landfill Operator Agrees to $36 Million Plan to Close Landfill Site (08-698)
Republic Services of Southern Nevada, the current operator of the Sunrise Mountain Landfill located in Clark County, Nev., has agreed to construct and operate a comprehensive remedy for the site and to pay a $1 million civil fine in order to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. ( Read more)
August 6, 2008
Two Indicted for Smuggling Leopard Hides into U.S. (08-694)
An indictment was returned charging two individuals with smuggling the hides and a skull of two leopards into the United States in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), an international treaty that regulates international shipments of listed species, to which the United States and 172 other countries are members. The leopards allegedly were hunted and killed in South Africa illegally and then smuggled into Zimbabwe to obtain false CITES permits.
( Read more)
July 29, 2008
Court Orders Apex Oil Company to Perform $150 Million Environmental Cleanup (08-670)
Apex Oil Company Inc. has been ordered to remediate extensive soil and groundwater contamination from its former refinery operations in Hartford, Ill. In a decision issued on July 28, 2008, Apex Oil Company Inc. was ordered to clean up the contamination, at an expected cost of $150 million. ( Read more)
July 23, 2008
Company that Managed Cosco Busan Indicted on New Charges (08-642)
A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a second superseding indictment charging Fleet Management Limited, a Hong Kong ship management company, with negligently causing the discharge of 50,000 gallons of oil from the Cosco Busan and falsifying documents after the crash to cover-up the company’s negligence. ( Read more)
July 9, 2008
Shipping Company Sentenced for Pollution-Related Charges (08-594)
Italian shipping company B.Navi Ship Management Services was sentenced today to pay $1,500,000 and serve three years probation in connection with the illegal dumping of oily sludge, bilge wastes, and oil-contaminated ballast water from the M/V Windsor Castle, a 27,000 gross-ton bulk carrier vessel. ( Read more)
July 8, 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb Agrees to Clean Air Act Upgrades (08-591)
Bristol-Myers Squibb, an international pharmaceutical manufacturer, has agreed to reduce the output of ozone-depleting refrigerants at multiple industrial facilities around the country at a combined cost of $3.65 million in order to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. ( Read more)
June 23, 2008
Pfizer to Pay $975,000 for Alleged Clean Air Violations at Connecticut Facility (08-555)
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its former manufacturing plant in Groton, Conn. ( Read more)
June 20, 2008
Second Texas Man Sentenced to 16 Months in Prison for Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-554)
Oscar Cueva, of McAllen, Texas, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Denver to 16 months in prison for his participation in the sale and smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins and skin products into the United States from Mexico, the Justice Department announced today. ( Read more)
June 18, 2008
Former Fujicolor Employee Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime (08-548)
Gerald Lakota, a former employee of Fujicolor Processing, pleaded guilty today to willfully concealing and covering up a material fact in reports required to be filed under the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
June 16, 2008
Oklahoma-Based Pipeline Company
to Pay $5.3 Million for Petroleum Discharges (08-541)
Magellan Midstream Partners agreed to pay a $5.3 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The alleged violations include illegally discharging gasoline and fuel oil from pipelines in Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and Arkansas into nearby waterways over the past 10 years. ( Read more)
German-Based Operator of Ship and Chief Engineer
Plead Guilty to Falsifying Records (08-539)
Reederei Karl Schlueter, an operator for GmbH & Co. KG (RKS), a ship management company, and Chief Engineer Nikola Ilijic, an officer on a ship operated by RKS, pleaded guilty today to a charge that they falsified the Oil Record Book pertaining to the commercial vessel M/V MSC Uruguay, announced the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Pat Meehan. Schlueter is of Rendsburg, Germany, and Ilijic is of Rijeka, Croatia. ( Read more)
June 11, 2008
Four of the Nation’s Largest Home Builders
Settle Storm Water Violations (08-524)
Four of the nation’s largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The companies also have agreed to implement company-wide compliance programs that go beyond current regulatory requirements and put controls in place that will keep 1.2 billion pounds of sediment from polluting our nation’s waterways each year. ( Read more)
June 10, 2008
Valero Refining-Texas Agrees to Resolve Alleged Violations Over Corpus Christi, Texas Oil Spill (08-522)
Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from a spill of 3,400 barrels of oil into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on June 1, 2006, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
( Read more)
June 6, 2008
Colorado Construction Firm Settles Storm Water Violations (08-509)
Colorado Structures, Inc., (CSI) a construction management firm that specializes in building big-box commercial stores in the western United States, has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty and implement a company-wide storm water compliance program to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. ( Read more)
June 5, 2008
Oregon Corporation and Its President Sentenced for Hazardous Waste Violations (08-506)
Spencer Environmental Incorporated (SEI) and its president, Donald M. Spencer, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Haggerty for the District of Oregon, the Justice Department announced. In a related matter, SEI’s former engineer, Durbin Hartel, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.
( Read more)
May 30, 2008
Texas Boot Dealer Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
for Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-485)
Jorge Caraveo, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Denver to serve 18 months in prison for his participation in the sale and smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins and skin products into the United States from Mexico, the Justice Department announced.
( Read more)
May 29, 2008
Campground Owner Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Violation (08-480)
Abner J. Schultz, a resident of Lake Havasu, Ariz., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Pocatello, Idaho, to a Clean Water Act (CWA) violation arising out of unlawful dredge and fill work in the Salmon River between June and November 2005, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division and Thomas E. Moss U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho.
( Read more)
May 23, 2008
Toray Industries to Pay U.S. for Price Fixing
on Carbon Fiber Materials (08-463)
Toray Industries Inc., a Japanese company, and its U.S. subsidiary, Toray Composites (America) Inc., have agreed to pay the United States $15.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that they conspired to fix prices on carbon fiber, a graphite substance used in aircraft, ammunition and satellites procured by the United States, the Justice Department announced today. ( Read more)
May 19, 2008
Motorola, Siemens Corp. and Glaxosmithkline Pay $500,000 Penalty for System Failures a Superfund Site in Scottsdale, Arizona (08-436)
Motorola, Inc., Siemens Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline will collectively pay a $500,000 civil penalty for system failures that led to the release of trichloroethylene (TCE) into the public drinking water system in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. ( Read more)
May 5, 2008
Water Supply and Storage Company to Pay $9 Million for Damages to Rocky Mountain National Park
(08-377)
Water Supply and Storage Company (WSSC), a mutual ditch company and the owner and operator of the Grand River Ditch, has agreed to pay $9 million for damages to natural resources within Rocky Mountain National Park caused by a May 30, 2003, breach of the Grand River Ditch, the Justice Department and National Park Service announced today. ( Read more)
May 1, 2008
Former FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Employee Sentenced for Lying to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (08-365)
David Geisen of DePere, Wisc., was sentenced today to four months of home confinement with electronic monitoring for making false statements and misleading the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) about the quality of past inspections of the reactor-head at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station during the fall of 2001, the Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
U.S. Coast Guard Officer Pleads Guilty for Lying about Vessel Pollution (08-370)
The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a consent decree that will resolve its employment lawsuit on behalf of Sean Thornton against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest retailer. ( Read more)
April 30, 2008
Mexican National Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-361)
Esteban Lopez Estrada, a Mexican national, was sentenced today in U.S. District
Court in Denver to 24 months in prison for his participation in the sale and
smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins and skin products into the United
States from Mexico, the Justice Department announced today. ( Read more)
April 29, 2008
Corporation Pleads Guilty to Ocean Discharge Violations (08-354)
The National Navigation Company (NNC) pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon for 15 felony charges, the
Justice Department announced. The company, based in Cairo, Egypt, admitted to
violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and making false statements to
federal officials. ( Read more)
Mexican National Sentenced for Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-345)
Carlos Leal Barragan, of Ciudad Guzman, Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S.
District Court for the District of Colorado to serve 16 months in prison and
three years supervised release in connection with his sale and smuggling of
internationally protected sea turtle skins and sea turtle products from Mexico
to the United States, the Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
April 24, 2008
Taiwanese And U.S. Companies Settle Clean Air Violations (08-339)
A Taiwanese manufacturer and three American corporations will pay a $2 million
civil penalty for allegedly importing and distributing approximately 200,000
chainsaws in the U.S. that failed to meet federal air pollution standards, the
Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The
companies also agreed to spend approximately $5 million on projects to reduce
air pollution.
( Read more)
April 21, 2008
Holly Refining Agrees to Spend Millions to Upgrade Pollution Controls (08-323)
Holly Refining & Marketing has agreed to spend more than $17 million in new and
upgraded pollution controls at its refinery in Woods Cross, Utah, and pay a
$120,000 civil penalty, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlement, which resolves alleged violations
of the Clean Air Act by Holly, is expected to reduce air pollution by more than
420 tons of harmful emissions annually. ( Read more)
April 15, 2008
Chinese Baby Furniture Company and its President Indicted for Smuggling Internationally Protected Wood (08-300)
Danny M. Chien, a Taiwanese citizen and resident of Shanghai, China, and Style
Craft Furniture Co., Ltd., were each indicted today by a federal grand jury in
Newark, N.J., on one count of smuggling, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant
Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources
Division and Christopher J. Christie, U.S. Attorney for the District of New
Jersey. ( Read more)
April 7, 2008
ConocoPhillips Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Clean Water Act Violations (08-274)
ConocoPhillips, an international energy company, has agreed to pay a $1.2
million civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act
related to over 2,000 effluent discharges from a petroleum refinery it operates
in Borger, Texas, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) announced. ( Read more)
April 4, 2008
Ship Operator Pleads Guilty to Concealing Vessel Pollution (08-272)
PACCSHIP, the operator and manager of approximately ten ships that regularly
carry goods between Asia and ports in the United States, pleaded guilty today
and was sentenced to pay a $1.7 million fine for crimes related to improper
transfers and discharges of oil-contaminated waste from two of its ships,
announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice
Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and George E. B.
Holding, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. ( Read more)
March 21, 2008
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Making False Statements in Attempt to Import Big Game Leopard Trophy (08-225)
Mark Booth, of Shippensburg, Pa., was sentenced today to pay $10,000 fine,
$5,000 community service payment and to serve three years probation, by U.S.
District Court Judge Lewis Babcock in the District of Colorado for making false
statements in connection with his attempt to import the trophy parts of a
leopard illegally killed in South Africa in 2003, the Justice Department
announced. During the probationary period, Mr. Booth is prohibited from hunting
anywhere in the world and must take steps to notify the trophy-hunting community
of the need to comply with laws and regulations related to that activity. ( Read more)
March 18, 2008
Ship Pilot Charged in San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Case (08-210)
John Joseph Cota, the pilot of the Cosco Busan, the 65,131-ton container ship
that collided with the San Francisco Bay Bridge resulting in the discharge of
approximately 58,000 gallons of oil, was charged today with violations of the
Clean Water Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, announced Ronald J. Tenpas,
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
and Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of
California.
( Read more)
March 14, 2008
Lexington, Ky., Agrees to Major Sewer System Upgrades (08-207)
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) in Kentucky has agreed to
make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed
$290 million, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage, and
to reduce pollution levels in urban storm water. In addition, LFUCG will pay a
civil penalty of $425,000 to the United States and implement two federal and two
state environmental projects valued at $2.73 million that will provide
additional environmental benefits to the Lexington community.
( Read more)
March 12, 2008
Illinois Corporation Pleads Guilty to Illegally Dealing in Falsely Labeled Fish from Vietnam (08-199)
True World Foods Chicago, LLC, was sentenced on March 11, 2008, to pay $60,000
for its role in purchasing and re-selling falsely labeled frozen fish fillets in
violation of the Lacey Act, the Justice Department announced today. The Lacey
Act prohibits, among other things, the receipt, acquisition or purchase of fish
that was taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of U.S. laws or
regulations. ( Read more)
Uranium Processing Company Pleads Guilty to Poisoning Migratory Birds (08-198)
Cotter Corp., headquartered in Denver, Colo., pleaded guilty and was sentenced
today in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado for its role in the
poisoning deaths of migratory birds at its uranium processing facility near
Cañon City, Colo., the Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
Seventh Defendant Pleads Guilty in Turtle Smuggling Case (08-197)
Martin Villegas Terrones, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty in U.S. District
Court in Denver for his role in an illegal smuggling operation that trafficked
in protected turtle species, the Justice Department announced today. ( Read more)
March 11, 2008
W.R. Grace to Pay for Cleanup of Asbestos Contamination in Libby, Montana (08-194)
W.R. Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to pay $250
million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to reimburse
the federal government for the costs of the investigation and cleanup of
asbestos contamination in Libby, Mont., the Justice Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
( Read more)
The City of Jacksonville Agrees to Clean up two Superfund Sites (08-193)
The city of Jacksonville, Fla., has agreed to clean up two Superfund Sites
located within the city limits at an estimated cost of $94 million, the Justice
Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. In
addition, the settlement requires the city to reimburse all costs incurred by
EPA. ( Read more)
February 28, 2008
Chief Engineer of U.S. Ship Pleads Guilty to Concealing Deliberate Pollution in “Magic Pipe” Case (08-151)
The former chief engineer of an American-flagged car-carrier pleaded guilty
today to criminal charges related to the deliberate discharge of
oil-contaminated bilge waste through a “magic pipe” that bypassed required
pollution prevention equipment, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney
General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division
and Rod J. Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.
( Read more)
Commercial Fishing Vessel’s Captain Sentenced for Disposing of Spiny Lobster Tails to Prevent their Seizure (08-149)
Zane H. Fennelly, a former captain of a Jacksonville, Fla.-based commercial
fishing vessel, was sentenced today to 4 months in prison and one year
supervised release, the Justice Department announced today. ( Read more)
February 27, 2008
Agreement Ensures Funding for Second Phase of Cleanup at Industri-plex Site in Massachusetts (08-148)
A comprehensive settlement was reached today between the federal government, the
Pharmacia Corporation and Bayer CropScience Inc., which will ensure the second
phase of cleanup actions at the Industri-Plex Superfund Site in Woburn, Mass.,
the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. The
settlement agreement is contained in a consent decree lodged today in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Massachusetts by the Justice Department on
behalf of the EPA. ( Read more)
February 26, 2008
Virgin Islands Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Removal of Asbestos (08-143)
Cleve Allen George, the owner of the Virgin Islands Asbestos Removal, Co., was
sentenced today to 33 months in prison for multiple violations of the Clean Air
Act and false statements related to the demolition of a low-income housing
neighborhood in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Justice Department announced today.
( Read more)
Home Depot Settles Storm Water Violations (08-142)
Home Depot has agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty and implement a nationwide
compliance program to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the
Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
The settlement resolves alleged violations that were discovered at more than 30
construction sites in 28 states where new Home Depot stores were being built.
( Read more)
February 19, 2008
Chinese National Sentenced to Prison in Turtle Smuggling Case (08-128)
Wang Hong, a Chinese national, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in
Denver to 167 days in prison and three years of supervised release, the Justice
Department announced today. Wang pleaded guilty to federal smuggling charges
earlier this year in connection with his sale and shipment of endangered sea
turtle shell and shell products from China to the United States.
( Read more)
CBS Corp. to Pay More than $31 Million for Final Cleanup of Bloomington, Indiana Superfund Sites (08-125)
CBS Corp. has agreed to pay $31.35 million to resolve all outstanding liability
related to the cleanup of six Superfund sites in and near Bloomington, Ind., the
Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of
Indiana announced today. This is the last in a series of partial settlements
that have been negotiated with CBS over the past 10 years after the parties
abandoned their original settlement, which required CBS to excavate and
incinerate PCB-contaminated materials.
( Read more)
February 8, 2008
Sixth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Connection with Illegal Sea Turtle Smuggling (08-103)
Esteban Lopez Estrada, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District
Court in Denver to one felony count of smuggling and one felony count of money
laundering in connection with the smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins
and skin products into the United States from Mexico, the Justice Department
announced today. ( Read more)
February 7, 2008
Shipping Company and Chief Engineer Plead Guilty to Vessel Pollution Related Charges (08-099)
Italian shipping company B. Navi Ship Management Services and Chief Engineer
Dushko Babukchiev pleaded guilty in connection with the illegal dumping of oily
sludge, bilge wastes and oil contaminated ballast water from one of the
company’s ships, the M/V Windsor Castle, a 27,000 gross-ton bulk carrier vessel,
Assistant Attorney General Ronald J. Tenpas, U.S. Attorney Donald J. DeGabrielle
Jr., and U.S. Coast Guard Captain James E. Tunstall announced. ( Read more)
Mississippi Hazardous Waste Operator Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Environmental Crimes (08-097)
Dennie Eugene Pridemore was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Natchez,
Miss. to 41 months in prison and 3 years probation for illegally storing and
disposing hazardous waste, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection
Agency announced. ( Read more)
Atlantic Richfield Company Agrees to Pay $187 Million for Montana Superfund Cleanup (08-096)
The Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) has agreed to pay $187 million that will
finance a major cleanup along 120 miles of the Clark Fork River and other areas
in southwestern Montana, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection
Agency announced today.
( Read more)
January 29, 2008
Two More Plead Guilty in Turtle Smuggling Case (08-074)
Jorge Caraveo of El Paso, Texas, and Carlos Leal Barragan of Jalisco, Mexico,
pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Denver to felony charges in
connection with the smuggling of sea turtle and other exotic skins and skin
products into the United States from Mexico, the Justice Department announced
today. Caraveo pleaded guilty to three counts of smuggling, and Leal Barragan
pleaded guilty to one count of smuggling and one count of money laundering. ( Read more)
January 24, 2008
Tamarack Resort Pays $185,000 Penalty to Settle Storm Water Violations (08-056)
The Tamarack Resort, located approximately 100 miles north of Boise, Idaho, has
agreed to pay the United States a $185,000 penalty to resolve violations of the
Clean Water Act arising from storm water violations discovered on the resort’s
property in 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection
Agency announced. ( Read more)
January 18, 2008
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-040)
Oscar Cueva of McAllen, Texas pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in
Denver to a felony count of conspiracy to smuggle protected sea turtle and other
exotic skins and skin products into the United States and to launder funds in
support of that smuggling, the Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
January 17, 2008
Massey Energy to Pay Largest Civil Penalty Ever for Water Permit Violations (08-031)
Massey Energy Company, Inc. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a
corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in
West Virginia and Kentucky, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced. This is the largest civil penalty in EPA’s history
levied against a company for wastewater discharge permit violations. ( Read more)
January 16, 2008
Three Parties Agree to Pay for Cleanup of Iron Horse Park Superfund Site in Massachusetts (08-030)
Boston and Maine Corp., BNZ Materials Inc., and the Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA), have agreed to perform environmental cleanup
work expected to cost $23.53 million at the 553-acre Iron Horse Park Superfund
Site located in Massachusetts, the Justice Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. ( Read more)
January 15, 2008
Sinclair Oil Agrees to Improved Refinery Pollution Controls (08-028)
Sinclair Oil Corp. will pay a $2.45 million civil penalty and spend more than
$72 million for new and upgraded pollution controls to reduce air pollution from
the company's three refineries, the Justice Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The settlement resolves alleged
violations of the Clean Air Act at the company's facilities in Casper and
Sinclair, Wyo., and in Tulsa, Okla. ( Read more)
January 14, 2008
Illinois Resident Pleads Guilty to Illegally Dealing in Falsely Labeled Fish from Vietnam (08-026)
David S. Wong, a resident of Elk Grove Village, Ill., pleaded guilty today in
U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to violating the Lacey Act for purchasing and
re-selling a specific species of fish in the catfish family when he reasonably
should have known that the fish had been imported illegally, the Justice
Department announced. ( Read more)
January 11, 2008
Branko Lazic Sentenced for Clean Air Violation (08-023)
Branko Lazic, owner of Bilaz, Inc., was sentenced today in the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania to six months home confinement for a Clean Air Act violation for
improper removal of asbestos, the Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
January 10, 2008
Ship’s Chief Engineer Sentenced in Vessel Pollution Case (08-019)
Mark Humphries, the former chief engineer of the M/V Tanabata, an
American-flagged car-carrier ship based in Baltimore, was sentenced today in
U.S. District Court in Baltimore to six months in prison for conspiracy to make
illegal discharges of oily waste and lying to the Coast Guard, announced Ronald
J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment
and Natural Resources Division and Rod J. Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney for the
District of Maryland. ( Read more)
Second Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-018)
Fu Yiner, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for
the District of Colorado to a felony count of smuggling in connection with his
sale and shipment of internationally protected sea turtle shell and sea turtle
shell products from China to the United States, the Justice Department
announced.
( Read more)
Environmental Supervisor Sentenced for Violations at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (08-017)
Robert Langill of Woburn, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in
Greenbelt, Md., to 60 days in prison, 10 months home detention, and 2 years of
supervised release for violating the Clean Air Act in connection with asbestos
abatement at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, announced Ronald J.
Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and
Natural Resources Division and Rod J. Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney for the District
of Maryland. ( Read more)
January 9, 2008
Insurance Company Agrees to Pay $42.5 Million for Environmental Cleanup at Former Fruit of the Loom Facilities (08-015)
The American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company, Inc. (AISLIC), has
agreed to pay $42.5 million to clean up contamination at four industrial
facilities in a suit in which the Department of Justice intervened on behalf of
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies. The four sites,
formerly owned by Fruit of the Loom, are located in Michigan, New Jersey and
Tennessee. ( Read more)
January 3, 2008
Individual Sentenced for Poisoning Migratory Birds (08-005)
WASHINGTON – Lyle Ravenkamp of Hugo, Colo., pleaded guilty today in U.S.
District Court for the District of Colorado and was sentenced for his role in
the poisoning deaths of over 2,200 migratory birds on agricultural land, the
Justice Department announced. ( Read more)
Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Protected Sea Turtles (08-004)
Wang Hong, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for
the District of Colorado to a felony count of smuggling in connection with his
sale and shipment of internationally protected sea turtle shell and sea turtle
shell products from China to the United States, the Justice Department
announced. ( Read more)
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