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December 28, 2007 |
City of Fort Wayne, Indiana Agrees to Make $250 Million in Improvements to Sewer System (07-1034)
The City of Fort Wayne, Ind., has agreed to make an estimated $250 million worth
of improvements to resolve longstanding problems with overflows from its sewer
system, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced today. (Read more) |
December 19, 2007 |
W.R. Grace to Pay Toward Cleanup of Hazardous Waste Sites (07-1019)
W.R. Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to a $34
million bankruptcy settlement for cleanup costs at 32 Superfund sites across the
country, the Justice Department announced today. The action settles a
bankruptcy claim brought by the federal government to recover money for
Superfund site cleanup.
(Read more) |
December 14, 2007 |
Tanker Company Fined $4.9 Million for Falsifying Records and Obstruction of Justice (07-1012)
Repeat offender, Ionia Management, a Greek company that manages a fleet of
tanker vessels, was sentenced today for its role in falsifying records to
conceal the overboard dumping of waste oil from the M/T Kriton into
international waters and its efforts to impede the investigation of the U.S.
Coast Guard, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the
Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, Kevin J.
O’Connor, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Rear Admiral Tim
Sullivan, Commander of the First Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard.
(Read more) |
December 13, 2007 |
Merck Settles Clean Water Act Violations at its Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Plant (07-100)
Merck, the global pharmaceutical research company, has agreed to resolve
violations of federal and state water pollution control regulations arising from
spills including a June 2006 spill at its pharmaceutical plant outside of
Philadelphia, announced Pat Meehan, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice
Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
(Read more) |
December 3, 2007 |
Ship’s Chief Engineer Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice and Conspiracy (07-964)
Petros Renieris, the chief engineer of the M/T Kriton, was sentenced today to
two years probation and a $9,000 fine for his role in falsifying Oil Record Book
entries to conceal the overboard dumping of waste oil from the tanker ship into
international waters and his participation in subsequent efforts to impede the
U.S. Coast Guard and other authorities from learning of the dumping, the Justice
Department announced.
(Read more) |
November 28, 2007 |
Vessel Operator Sentenced to Pay $525,000 for Environmental Crime (07-948)
A federal district court in Maine sentenced Petraia Maritime Ltd., late
yesterday, to pay a fine of $525,000 and serve two years probation for violating
the Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS), the Justice Department
announced.
(Read more) |
November 21, 2007 |
Court Approves Water Rights Settlement in Washington State (07-938)
A federal judge in Seattle approved a water rights settlement that resolves a
longstanding dispute regarding the regulation and use of groundwater in
northwest Washington State, the Justice Department announced today. Acting
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
Ronald J. Tenpas remarked that “This settlement brings the parties together,
reducing the possibility of future litigation and builds a framework for
cooperation between the tribe, state, and private parties.” (Read more) |
November 16, 2007 |
Texas Company and Two Individuals Indicted for Environmental Crimes (07-929)
Two individuals including a company executive have been indicted for their roles
in a conspiracy to illegally transport and dispose of hazardous waste, the
Justice Department announced.
John Kessel, the president and owner of Texas Oil and Gathering, Inc., and
Edgar Pettijohn, the company’s operations manager, were arrested and charged
today with illegally disposing of hazardous waste at facilities only approved to
take oil and gas production waste. Texas Oil and Gathering, Inc., a licensed
hazardous waste transporter and used oil handler, was also named in the
indictment.
(Read more) |
November 14, 2007 |
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Unlawfully Killed Black Bear Across State Lines (07-919)
A Leominster, Mass., man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston
to a misdemeanor charge for his role in unlawfully killing and transporting a
black bear (Ursus americanus) across state lines in violation of the Lacey Act,
the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
announced. (Read more) |
November 8, 2007 |
New Mexico Business Owners Plead Guilty and Are Sentenced for Transporting Mountain Lion Across State Lines (07-901)
John “Tom” Boyer and his wife Deborah Boyer, owners of Let’s Tree It Outfitters
in Reserve, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Denver to a
criminal information charging each of them with a misdemeanor violation of the
Lacey Act, the Justice Department announced today. The Lacey Act prohibits the
interstate transportation of wildlife which, in the exercise of due care, the
transporter should have known was taken in violation of any state
wildlife-related law.
(Read more) |
October 31, 2007 |
Hercules, Inc. Pays $12.95 Million for Environmental Cleanup Costs at Navy-owned, Contractor-operated Site (07-874)
Hercules, Inc., a former defense contractor, has agreed to pay the United States
nearly $13 million toward the cleanup of the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory
(ABL) site in Rocket Center, West Virginia, according to a settlement reached
today with the Department of Justice, the Department of the Navy, and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
(Read more) |
October 26, 2007 |
Asbestos Abatement Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violations Arising From U.S. Naval Air Station Cleanup (07-859)
Robert Langill of Woburn, Mass., pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Air Act
in connection with asbestos abatement at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Patuxent
River, Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting 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 announced today. (Read more) |
October 25, 2007 |
Fact Sheet: Prosecution of Environmental Crimes by the Environment and Natural Resources Division
(07-851)
The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) has
40 prosecutors who enforce federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air
Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Lacey
Act, and the Endangered Species Act, among other statutes. (Read more) |
British Petroleum to Pay More Than $370 Million in Environmental Crimes, Fraud Cases (07-850)
British Petroleum and several of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay
approximately $373 million in fines and restitution for environmental violations
stemming from a fatal explosion at a Texas refinery in March 2005, leaks of
crude oil from pipelines in Alaska, and fraud for conspiring to corner the
market and manipulate the price of propane carried through Texas pipelines, the
Department of Justice announced today.
(Read more) |
October 24, 2007 |
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. Agree to Extensive Sewer System Upgrades (07-842)
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro), at a cost
of between $300 million and $400 million, has agreed to make extensive
improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of
untreated raw sewage and to control overflows of combined sewage and storm water
under a settlement announced today by the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), and the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office and the
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC).
(Read more) |
October 22, 2007 |
Former Eastern Idaho Man Sentenced for Hazardous Waste Violations (07-837)
Krister Sven Everston, of Wasilla, Alaska, also known as Krister Ericksson was
sentenced today to 21 months in prison for illegally transporting hazardous
materials and illegally storing hazardous waste, the Justice Department
announced. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $421,049 and
placed on supervised leave for 3 years.
(Read more) |
October 16, 2007 |
Former Owner of New England Gas Charged With Illegally Storing Mercury at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island Site (07-826)
A federal grand jury in Providence has charged the Southern Union Company, the
Texas-based former owner of the New England Gas Company, with illegally storing
mercury at a Pawtucket, R.I., site and with failing to report mercury spillage.
(Read more) |
October 11, 2007 |
West Virginia Health and Safety Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery (07-809)
Paul Prendergast, a resident of Gaithersburg, Md., pleaded guilty today to
violating the Travel Act in connection with accepting bribes in violation of the
West Virginia Bribery and Corrupt Practices Act, announced Ronald J. Tenpas,
Acting 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) |
October 9, 2007 |
Rowan Companies and Nine Supervisory Employees Plead Guilty to Environmental Crimes in Connection with Oil and Gas Drilling Operations (07-802)
Rowan Companies, Inc., a major oil and gas drilling company, pleaded guilty
today in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, to three felonies in connection
with the routine discharge of pollutants and garbage into the Gulf of Mexico
from one of the firm’s oil rigs, the Justice Department announced.
(Read more) |
Fact Sheet: United States Et Al. vs. American Electric Power (07-798)
On October 9, 2007, the United States, eight states, and thirteen citizen groups
announced a settlement agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) under the
Clean Air Act’s (Act) New Source Review (NSR) provisions that obtains relief at
sixteen (16) of AEP’s coal-fired power plants (46 units) located in Indiana,
Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia.
(Read more) |
U.S. Announces Largest Single Environmental Settlement in History (07-797)
American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants
annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million
penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of
its past excess emissions. The record settlement was announced today by the
Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.
(Read more) |
September 28, 2007 |
Hunt Refining Settles Federal Air Pollution Case for $49 Million (07-781)
The Hunt Refining Co. and Hunt Southland Refining Co. have agreed to pay a
$400,000 civil penalty and spend more than $48.5 million for new and upgraded
pollution controls at three refineries, the Justice Department and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency announced. The settlement resolves alleged
violations of the Clean Air Act and is expected to reduce more than 1,250 tons
of harmful emissions annually from the company's refineries in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
and Sandersville and Lumberton, Miss.
(Read more) |
September 27, 2007 |
Ship Captain Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Vessel Pollution (07-775)
Nicanor E. Jumalon pleaded guilty today, in federal court in Puerto Rico, for
his involvement with the illegal dumping of oily sludge, bilge wastes, and oil
contaminated ballast water from the 479-foot general cargo vessel the M/V
Sportsqueen, the Justice Department announced.
(Read more) |
September 20, 2007 |
Justice Department to Hold Community Meeting to Identify Potential
Victims of Citgo Petroleum Corporation Crimes
(07-740)
Officials from the Environmental Crimes Section of the Justice Department and
the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas will hold a
community meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas as part of the Department's
obligations under the Crime Victim Rights Act to identify, locate and notify
persons who may have been victims of crime.
(Read more) |
Shipping Company and Chief Engineer Plead Guilty to Vessel Pollution Related Charges (07-739)
India-based shipping company Accord Ship Management and Chief Engineer Francisco
Sabando pleaded guilty today 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 Sportsqueen, a 479-foot general cargo vessel, Acting
Assistant Attorney General Ronald J. Tenpas, U.S. Attorney Rosa E.
Rodriguez-Velez, and U.S Coast Guard Captain James E. Tunstall announced.
(Read more) |
U.S. Imposes Highest Acid Rain Fine Ever (07-737)
In a landmark settlement filed today, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a
coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay an $11.4 million penalty to
resolve violations of the Clean Air Act’s acid rain program, the Department of
Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. As part of
today’s settlement, the U.S. is seeking court-approval for the highest fine ever
under the Clean Air Act's acid rain program. The Commonwealth of Kentucky
joined in today’s consent decree.
(Read more) |
September 12, 2007 |
Outfitter Charged in Houston with Illegal Import of Wildlife (07-709)
Robert Kern, the president of the Hunting Consortium, a hunting outfitter based
in Berryville, Va., and the company itself were both indicted today by a federal
grand jury in Houston for violating the Lacey Act, Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting
Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural
Resources Division announced. (Read more) |
September 6, 2007 |
Undercover Sting Nets Five Individuals for Illegal Trade
of Protected Sea Turtles and Other Wildlife
(07-691)
A three-year undercover operation conducted by federal agents of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service led to the arrests today of five individuals for their
roles in illegal international trade of exotic skins and parts manufactured from
sea turtles and other protected species of wildlife, announced Ronald J. Tenpas,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and
Natural Resources Division, Troy Eid, U.S. Attorney for the District of
Colorado, and Benito Perez, Acting Chief, Office of Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
(Read more) |
Fujicolor Processing Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crime (07-685)
Fujicolor Processing agreed to pay a $200,000 criminal fine for discharging
excessive amounts of silver-tainted photo processing waste to a Texas wastewater
treatment plant, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency
announced today. (Read more) |
Tanker Company Convicted for Obstruction of Justice
and Conspiracy
(07-690)
Ionia Management, a Greek company that manages a fleet of tanker vessels, was
convicted today for its role in overboard dumping of waste oil from the M/T
Kriton into international waters and its efforts to impede the U.S. Coast Guard
and other authorities from learning of the dumping, announced Ronald J. Tenpas,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
(Read more) |
Federal Government Announces Settlement With Texas Oil Company Over Oil Spills in Coastal Louisiana
(07-689)
The Meridian Resource & Exploration LLC and Louisiana Onshore Properties LLC
(Meridian) will pay a $504,000 civil penalty and enhance the pipeline monitoring
and oil spill prevention program at its Weeks Island facility in Iberia Parish,
La., to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Department of
Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
August 29, 2007 |
United States Sues to Stop Illegal Grazing on Federal Lands (07-672)
The Justice Department today sued two ranchers and the estate of a third rancher
for trespassing on federal lands in Nevada. (Read more) |
August 24, 2007 |
Former Chief Engineer Arraigned on Charges Related to Vessel Pollution (07-657)
Patrick K. Brown, a former Chief Engineer of the M/V Fidelio was arraigned today
on a six count indictment related to deliberate vessel pollution that was
originally returned by a federal grand jury on July 26, 2007. The indictment
was announced by Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the
Justice Department’s Environment & Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney
for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. (Read more) |
August 22, 2007 |
Ship Operator Pleads Guilty and Sentenced to Pay $10 Million Related to Charges Arising from Grounding in the Aleutians (07-644)
IMC Shipping Co. Pte. Ltd. (IMC), a Singapore corporation, pleaded guilty today
in federal court in Alaska to a three-count information alleging two violations
of the Refuse Act for the illegal discharge of oil and soy beans and one
violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for killing of thousands of migratory
birds that resulted from the grounding of the M/V Selendang Ayu on Dec. 8, 2004
in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. IMC was subsequently sentenced
to pay a criminal penalty of $10 million.
(Read more) |
August 16, 2007 |
Valero Energy Agrees to $232 Million in Clean Air Act Pollution Controls (07-626)
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have
reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corp. that provides for a $4.25 million
penalty and $232 million in new and upgraded pollution controls at refineries in
Tennessee, Ohio and Texas that were formerly owned by Premcor Inc. (Read more) |
Texas Man Sentenced to Five Months in Jail for Environmental Crimes (07-625)
Dennis Rodriguez of El Paso, Texas, has been sentenced to five months
imprisonment for environmental crimes related to the operation of his company,
North American Waste Assistance, LLC (NAWA), which is located in the West Texas
city, the Justice Department announced today. Under the plea agreement reached
in February of this year, Rodriguez plead guilty to making a material false
statement or representation in a manifest used to transport hazardous waste and
to two counts of transporting hazardous waste to a facility that did not have a
permit issued pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Besides the period of imprisonment, he was also sentenced to five months home
confinement, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
(Read more) |
Shipping Company to Pay $1.3 Million for Vessel Pollution Charges (07-623)
Greek-based shipping company Kassian Maritime Navigation Agency Ltd. and Second
Assistant Engineer Spyridon Markou were sentenced today in connection with
dumping of bilge and wastewater into the ocean from the company’s ship, M/V
North Princess, an ocean-going bulk cargo ship traveling to ports in the United
States, the Justice Department announced. Kassian had pleaded guilty in July to
charges that the company maintained false records in violation the Act to
Prevent Pollution from Ships. (Read more) |
August 13, 2007 |
Joint Settlement Will Ensure Reduction of Hazardous Pollutants from Hammond, Indiana Plant (07-602)
The United States has reached a settlement with the state of Indiana, the city
of Hammond, Ind., and Jupiter Aluminum Corporation, the operator of a secondary
aluminum production facility in Hammond, which resolves Clean Air Act violations
arising from the operations of the facility.
(Read more) |
August 8, 2007 |
U.S. Coast Guard Officer Indicted for Lying About Vessel Pollution (07-593)
David G. Williams, a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Main
Propulsion Assistant for the Coast Guard Cutter RUSH, was indicted today by a
federal grand jury for obstructing the investigation into his authorization of
the direct overboard discharge of bilge wastes through the deep sink into the
Honolulu Harbor, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting Assistant Attorney General
for the Justice Department’s Environment & Natural Resources Division and U.S.
Attorney for the District of Hawaii Edward H. Kubo Jr. (Read more) |
August 6, 2007 |
Commercial Fishing Vessel’s Captain Indicted for Disposing of Spiny Lobster Tails to Prevent their Seizure (07-587)
Zane H. Fennelly, a former captain of a Jacksonville, Fla.-based commercial
fishing vessel, was arrested earlier today on an indictment returned by a
federal grand jury on Aug. 2, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla., the Justice
Department announced today.
(Read more) |
July 31, 2007 |
San Diego Agrees to Estimated $1 Billion for Sewage System Improvements and Maintenance (07-564)
The city of San Diego will spend approximately $1 billion over the next six
years to make improvements to its sewer system under a comprehensive settlement
filed today by the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
(Read more) |
July 26, 2007 |
El Paso Natural Gas to Pay $15.5 Million Penalty and Perform
Comprehensive Reforms to Pipeline System (07-548)
The Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced today
a settlement requiring comprehensive reform on El Paso Natural Gas Company’s
(EPNG) entire 10,000 mile pipeline system. The action results from a tragic
explosion of an EPNG pipeline which killed twelve people in Carlsbad, New
Mexico in August 2000. (Read more) |
July 23, 2007 |
Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Vessel Pollution-Related Charges (07-536)
Greek-based shipping company Kassian Maritime Navigation Agency Ltd. pleaded
guilty today to maintaining a false record pertaining to the illegal dumping of
bilge and wastewater into the ocean from the M/V North Princess, an ocean-going
bulk cargo ship traveling to ports in the United States, in violation of the
Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. (Read more) |
July 20, 2007 |
Dupont Agrees to Spend $66 Million to Reduce Air Pollution at Four Plants (07-525)
The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a
settlement today with E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. that is expected to reduce
more than 13,000 tons of harmful emissions annually from four sulfuric acid
production plants in Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. (Read more) |
July 19, 2007 |
Major Chemical Manufacturer will Spend $125 Million to Reduce Pollution (07-510)
Equistar Chemicals LP, headquartered in Houston, Texas, will spend more than
$125 million on pollution controls and cleanup to address a myriad of air,
water and hazardous waste violations at seven petrochemical plants in Texas,
Illinois, Iowa and Louisiana, the Justice Department and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
July 18, 2007 |
CITGO Refining And Chemicals Co. Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes (07-511)
CITGO Refining and Chemicals Co. (CITGO Refining) was found guilty late
yesterday of three misdemeanor criminal violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (MBTA) by a judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Justice Department announced
today. (Read more) |
July 12, 2007 |
St. Louis Developers to Pay $590,000 Penalty for Polluting Waterways with Runoff from Three Construction Sites
Several St. Louis-area developers responsible for polluting streams and lakes
with runoff from three construction sites will adhere to a strict compliance
program at future construction projects, clean up past pollution, and pay one
of the largest environmental penalties of its kind in state history under a
consent decree reached with the United States, Missouri Attorney General Jay
Nixon, and the city of Wildwood, Mo. (Read more)
|
July 9, 2007 |
Second Largest U.S. Copper Producer Implements Comprehensive Cleanup at Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (Kennecott), the second largest copper
producer in the United States, has agreed to implement a comprehensive cleanup
of groundwater contamination from past mining operations related to the Bingham
Canyon Mine located southwest of Salt Lake City, the Justice Department and
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more)
|
July 2, 2007 |
United States Announces Clean Air Act Settlement
with Electric Utility (07-480)
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a coal-fired electric utility based in
Winchester, Ky., will spend approximately $650 million on pollution controls
and pay a $750,000 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act
at its three plants, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
June 29, 2007 |
Acuity Specialty Products Group Pleads Guilty to Violating Clean Water Act
Acuity Specialty Products, Inc., (Acuity) a company that has a manufacturing plant in Atlanta pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging it with a knowing violation of the Clean Water Act. Per the terms of the plea agreement, U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob imposed a sentence of three years of probation and a fine of $3.8 million.
(Read more) |
June 28, 2007 |
Federal Superfund Settlement Will Ensure Cleanup of Foote Mineral Site (07-467)
The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement that will ensure the expedited cleanup of the Foote Mineral
Superfund Site, in Chester County, Pa. The settling defendant, which has expended approximately $7 million on cleanup actions already, will pay approximately $15 million to complete cleanup work of the site. In addition, the settling defendant has agreed to reimburse the EPA for a portion of the cleanup costs incurred for response actions at the site. (Read more) |
June 27, 2007 |
Citgo Petroleum and Subsidiary Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes (07-463)
A federal jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, found CITGO Petroleum Corp., and its
subsidiary, CITGO Refining and Chemicals Co. (collectively CITGO) guilty of two
felony criminal violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department
announced today. (Read more) |
June 26, 2007 |
California Man Sentenced for Environmental Crimes (07-461)
Jeffrey Andrew Diaz, operator of a bird abatement business which uses captive
raptors to scare nuisance birds from client sites, was sentenced to prison
yesterday in the Northern District of California for smuggling Eurasian Eagle
Owl eggs into the United States from Austria. (Read more) |
June 20, 2007 |
U.S. Oil Tanker Firm to Pay $10 Million as Part of
Largest-Ever Penalty for Concealing Vessel Pollution (07-441)
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) was sentenced today in Beaumont, Texas, to
pay $10 million as part of a $37 million criminal settlement with the United
States involving 33 felony counts, 12 oil tankers and ports located in
Beaumont, Boston, Mass., Portland, Maine, San Francisco, Calif., and
Wilmington, N.C., announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Acting Assistant Attorney General
for the Justice Department’s Environment & Natural Resources Division and John
L. Ratcliffe, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. (Read more) |
June 13, 2007 |
U.S. Announces $60.7 Million Clean Air Act
Settlement with Nevada Power (07-429)
The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today
announced a $60.7 million Clean Air Act settlement with Nevada Power Company
that will improve air quality in the Clark County/Las Vegas, Nev. area by
requiring the company to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a harmful
air pollutant, from its Clark Generating Station by about 2,300 tons annually.
(Read more) |
June 7, 2007 |
Tanker Company and Second Engineer Indicted
for Dumping Oil and Obstruction of Justice (07-414)
Ionia Management, a Greek company that manages a fleet of tanker vessels, was
indicted today for its role in overboard dumping of waste oil from the M/T
Kriton into international waters and their efforts to impede the United States
Coast Guard and other authorities from learning of the illegal conduct. (Read more) |
Two Individuals Arrested for Conspiracy
to Import Falsely Labeled Fish (07-413)
Two individuals, David S. Wong and David Chu, were arrested today in Chicago and
San Francisco, respectively, for charges related to conspiracy to import falsely
labeled fish, the Justice Department announced. (Read more) |
June 1, 2007 |
Department of Justice and EPA Announce Proposed
$4.6 Million Settlement with Midamerican
Energy Company and the City of Le Mars, Iowa (07-400)
The Department of Justice on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced that a proposed consent decree was lodged today with the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in United States v. MidAmerican
Energy Company and the City of Le Mars, Iowa. (Read more) |
May 31, 2007 |
Landmark Settlement Aims to Clean Up
Raw Sewage Discharges in Allegheny County (07-394)
In a landmark settlement with federal, state and county authorities, the
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) has agreed to a comprehensive
plan to greatly reduce the annual discharge of billions of gallons of untreated
sewage into local waterways. (Read more) |
May 18, 2007 |
Petraia Maritime Ltd. Found Guilty of Environmental Crime (07-371)
A jury in Maine returned a guilty verdict against Petraia Maritime Ltd. late
yesterday, for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS). (Read more) |
May 17, 2007 |
Kerr-McGee to Spend $18 Million to Reduce Emissions
from Natural Gas Production Facilities in Colorado and Utah (07-365)
Kerr-McGee Corp. will spend $18 million on pollution controls in the first
comprehensive settlement under the Clean Air Act that will reduce harmful
emissions and conserve natural gas at production facilities across Utah and
Colorado. The control measures and operational improvements are expected to
reduce annual emissions of air pollutants by more than 2,500 tons in Utah and
more than 3,000 tons in Colorado, the Justice Department and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
May 15, 2007 |
Justice Department Reaches Settlement to
Resolve Litigation at Oceana Naval Base (07-361)
The Justice Department and the U.S. Navy have reached a settlement agreement
with approximately 3,400 property owners in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Va.,
regarding litigation relating to jet noise at a naval air base. Under the terms
of the agreement, the participating plaintiffs agree to dismiss their claims and
acknowledge that the settlement does not constitute an admission of liability by
the United States. (Read more) |
May 9, 2007 |
Federal Government, State of Hawaii, and City and County Of Honolulu Agreement Will Address Vulnerabilities That Led to Waikiki Sewage Spill (07-337)
The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Hawaii
Attorney General’s Office, and the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) have
reached an interim agreement with the City and County of Honolulu (CCH) that
will correct the most significant problems in Honolulu’s wastewater collection
system. This settlement resolves a civil enforcement action that the United
States and the state have filed against CCH. (Read more) |
May 1, 2007 |
Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty to Concealing
Deliberate Pollution in “Magic Pipe” Case (07-312)
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 Acting Assistant Attorney General
Matthew J. McKeown for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural
Resources Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J.
Rosenstein. (Read more) |
April 30, 2007 |
Texas Refinery Will Pay $2.9 Million
to Resolve Air Violations (07-305)
Total Petrochemical USA Inc. (Total) will pay a $2.9 million penalty and upgrade
pollution controls at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to resolve alleged
violations of the Clean Air Act, the Department of Justice and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
April 26, 2007 |
Acid Manufacturer Will Spend $50 Million
to Reduce Air Pollution (07-294)
Rhodia Inc., an acid manufacturer, will pay a $2 million penalty and spend
approximately $50 million on air pollution controls at eight production plants
in four states across the country, per the terms of a settlement which will
resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act. The pollution
controls are expected to reduce harmful emissions from its production plants in
Texas, Louisiana, California and Indiana by 19,000 tons per year.
(Read more) |
April 24, 2007 |
Two Men Sentenced for Violating Environmental Law
(07-285)
A former boat builder, Michael Bonner of Wetumpka, Ala. and a commercial
fisherman, Gerald E. Andrews Jr. of Pensacola, Fla., were each sentenced today
to three years of probation and fines of $25,000 and $40,000, respectively, the
Justice Department announced. (Read more) |
April 19, 2007 |
Tyco International (US) Inc. to Pay More Than $1.1 Million to
Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at Former Facility (07-266)
Tyco International (US) Inc. will pay a penalty of more than $1.1 million to
resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its former metal forming and
finishing facility located in Hamburg, N.J., the Justice Department and
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. (Read more) |
April 16, 2007 |
Federal Agreement Ensures Funding for Cleanup of
Beede Waste Oil Site in Plaistow, New Hampshire (07-241)
The federal government and state of New Hampshire today reached a comprehensive
settlement agreement with 101 potentially responsible parties which will ensure
cleanup actions at the 41-acre Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site in Plaistow, N.H.
The agreement provides for site-wide cleanup estimated to cost approximately $48
million, payment of over $9 million for future federal and state oversight
costs, and recovery of over $17 million in past response costs incurred by
federal and state agencies at the site. (Read more) |
April 9, 2007 |
Sparks, Nevada-based Company Pleads Guilty to
Violating the Clean Water Act (07-226)
Greg Street Plating Inc.—an electroplating, metal plating and finishing company
based in Sparks, Nev.—pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging the
company with discharging highly acidic waste into the sewer system that leads
to the Truckee Meadows Sewage treatment facility, in violation of the Clean
Water Act. The company, which is no longer operating, was also sentenced to
pay a $30,000 penalty for its criminal violation. (Read more) |
April 4, 2007 |
Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company and Managers
Sentenced for Environmental Crimes (07-222)
Sinclair Tulsa Refining Company, a subsidiary of major oil and gasoline producer
Sinclair Oil, and two company managers, were sentenced today for environmental
crimes related to the operation of the Tulsa Refinery. (Read more) |
United States Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Two Oil and Gas Companies in Illinois (07-221)
The United States government and the state of Illinois today reached a Clean Air
Act (CAA) settlement with oil producers Rex Energy Operating Corp. and PennTex
Resources Illinois, Inc. which will result in reduced emissions from the
companies’ facilities in Illinois. (Read more) |
Nevada Department of Environmental Protection and Federal Government
Reach $90 Million Joint Settlement with Nevada Power (07-208)
Nevada Power Company has agreed to a joint settlement today with the federal
government and the state of Nevada that will require the utility to spend
nearly $85 million on cleaner technology and pay a $1.11 million fine, the
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Justice, and
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. (Read more) |
March 27, 2007 |
Three Shipping Companies Indicted for Covering Up Pollution (07-196)
Three companies that own and operate an oceangoing chemical tanker named the M/T
Clipper Trojan were indicted today in connection with an attempt by crew members
to cover up the illegal dumping of oily waste in international waters, the
Justice Department announced. (Read more) |
March 21, 2007 |
Tanker Company Sentenced
for Concealing Deliberate Vessel Pollution (07-171)
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in
federal court to pay $27 million dollars for violations in Boston, Portland,
Maine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Wilmington, N.C., announced Acting
Assistant Attorney General Matthew J. McKeown, U.S. Attorney Michael J.
Sullivan for the District of Massachusetts, and U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral
Timothy Sullivan. (Read more) |
EPEC Polymers Agrees to Settlement Worth $23.4 Million
to Clean Up Texas Superfund Site (07-170)
EPEC Polymers Inc., headquartered in Houston, has reached a settlement worth an
estimated $23.4 million regarding the Petro-Chemical Systems Inc. Superfund
Site in Liberty County, Texas, the Justice Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
March 13, 2007 |
Refiner to Pay $2.2 Million for Environmental Violations (07-146)
WASHINGTON — Williams Refining Co., the former owner and operator of a Memphis,
Tenn., petroleum refinery, has agreed to pay $2.2 million in civil penalties to
resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Air Act (CAA), the
Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. (Read more) |
February 20, 2007 |
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes (07-099)
Dennis Rodriguez of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today to criminal
environmental crimes related to the operation of his company, North American
Waste Assistance, LLC (NAWA), also located in El Paso. (Read more) |
January 29, 2007 |
Two Vessel Corporations Plead Guilty,
Are Sentenced for Illegal Dumping (07-053)
Greek-based shipping companies Chian Spirit Maritime Enterprises, Inc. and
Venetico Marine each pleaded guilty today in District court in Delaware to a
felony violation related to the operation of the M/V Irene E.M., a large bulk
carrier. (Read more) |
January 26, 2007 |
Ship Chief & Crew Sentenced for Vessel Pollution (07-049)
The Chief Engineer and Second Engineer of the M/V Sun New, owned and operated by
The Sun Ace Shipping Company based in Seoul, South Korea, were sentenced today
for crimes related to vessel pollution in relation to the operation of the bulk
carrier vessel, the Justice Department announced. (Read more) |
January 24, 2007 |
American-Based Ship Operator Sentenced for Environmental Crimes (07-038)
WASHINGTON - American-based ship operator, Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc. (PGM), was
sentenced today for deliberate acts of pollution involving a fleet of four
ships, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. (Read more) |
January 10, 2007 |
M.G. Waldbaum Company Will Pay $1 Million Penalty
to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations (07-007)
M.G. Waldbaum Company, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based Michael Foods Inc., has
agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to resolve allegations that the company
violated the Clean Water Act. (Read more) |
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