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December 28, 2006 |
Justice Department Will Not Oppose Public Landfill's
Proposal to Enter into a One-Year Contract
to Provide Disposal Services (06-859)
The Department of Justice announced today that it would not oppose a proposal
by the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia (SPSA) to enter into a
contract with a competitive provider of disposal services. (Read more) |
December 21, 2006 |
Mercedes-Benz Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million Civil Penalty
to Settle Clean Air Act Violation (06-854)
Mercedes-Benz USA and its parent corporation, DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes),
have agreed to pay $1.2 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that
they violated the Clean Air Act by failing to promptly notify the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) about defects in the air pollution controls installed on
numerous 1998 to 2006 Mercedes model vehicles, the Justice Department and the
EPA announced today. (Read more) |
December 19, 2006 |
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. Will Pay Largest-Ever Penalty
for Concealing Vessel Pollution
(06-849)
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) has today agreed to plead guilty to 33
felony counts related to deliberate vessel pollution from nine ships and false
pollution log entries in three additional ships, in six U.S. ports around the
nation. (Read more) |
December 13, 2006 |
Utah Gold and Silver Refiner, Top Managers Charged with Conspiracy to Violate Environmental Laws (06-834)
The Justice Department announced today that a superseding indictment was
returned by federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, charging the parent
company of gold and silver refiner Johnson Matthey Inc. with conspiracy to
violate the Clean Water Act (CWA). (Read more) |
Virginia Man Indicted for Illegally Hunting and Transporting Protected Wildlife (06-836)
William James Victor Garrison, a resident of Culpeper, Va., was today charged by
federal grand jury with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and with making a
false statement to a federal investigative agent during the course of an
investigation. (Read more) |
November 30, 2006 |
United States Announces Clean Air Act Settlement
with PSEG Fossil LLC for Violations of 2002 Consent Decree (06-801)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of
Justice today announced that they have lodged with federal district court in
New Jersey, a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with PSEG Fossil LLC related to
PSEG's failure to comply with a 2002 consent decree requiring installation of
pollution controls at its coal-fired power plants in Jersey City and Hamilton,
N.J. (Read more) |
November 15, 2006 |
Two Alabama Men Indicted on Allegations of Violating Environmental Laws (06-765)
A former Alabama boat builder and a charter-boat fisherman were charged late
yesterday afternoon with one count of conspiracy and two counts of making false
documents and writings in attempting to violate a moratorium on charter vessel
permits under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson Act) regulations. (Read more) |
November 13, 2006 |
Shipping Company Sentenced for Vessel Pollution (06-760)
WASHINGTON - The Sun Ace Shipping Company, based in Seoul, South Korea, was
sentenced today to pay a $400,000 penalty, a $100,000 community service payment
to the National Fish and Wildlife Program, Delaware Estuary Grants Program,
which will be used to protect and restore the natural resources of the Delaware
Estuary and its watershed, and to a three-year term of probation during which
its vessels will be banned from U.S. ports and waters. (Read more) |
October 26, 2006 |
$13.9 Million Clean Air Act Settlement with Multinational Soybean and Corn Processor Secures Major Pollution Reductions in Eight States (06-727)
A multi-state Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement, reached today with oilseed
processor Bunge North America Inc. and three of its subsidiaries, will
eliminate more than 2,200 tons of harmful pollution emissions per year when
fully implemented. (Read more) |
October 10, 2006 |
Florida Charter Boat Captain Sentenced
for Shooting at Dolphins (06-691)
Christopher Kevin Weaver, a charter boat captain from Panama City, Fla., was
sentenced today to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine for violating the
federal Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) by knowingly and unlawfully
shooting at one or more dolphins in U.S. waters. (Read more) |
October 4, 2006 |
City of Indianapolis Agrees to Make $1.86 Billion
in Improvements to Sewer System (06-676)
The city of Indianapolis has agreed to make an estimated $1.86 billion 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) |
September 29, 2006 |
Settlement Between United States, Delaware, Dupont and Ciba
Restores Wetlands Habitat in Delaware's Mispillion River Ecosystem (06-664)
The federal government and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control reached an agreement today with chemical companies DuPont
and Ciba to resolve claims relating to the release of hazardous substances from
the DuPont Newport Superfund Site, which contaminated wetlands in and around
the Christina River ecosystem. (Read more) |
September 15, 2006 |
Government Reaches Settlements
with Seaboard Foods and PIC USA (06-625)
Under two related settlements, Seaboard Foods LP and PIC USA Inc., will take
significant steps at many of their facilities to ensure future compliance with
environmental laws and to resolve allegations that the companies contaminated
groundwater and surface waters near several of their facilities, the Justice
Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
September 6, 2006 |
Shipping Company Pleads Guilty to Vessel Pollution (06-591)
The Sun Ace Shipping Company, based in Seoul, South Korea, has pleaded guilty to
a one-count information for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships,
in relation to the operation of a bulk carrier vessel the M/V Sun New, the
Justice Department announced today. (Read more) |
August 15, 2006 |
Federal Government Reaches Settlement with Pipeline Companies Regarding Crude Oil Spills (06-534)
The federal government today reached a settlement with Mid-Valley Pipeline
Company (Mid-Valley) and pipeline operator Sunoco Pipeline L.P. (SPLP),
requiring the companies to pay a $2.57 million penalty relating to a January
2005 spill that dumped more than 260,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kentucky
and Ohio Rivers. (Read more) |
August 9, 2006 |
Citgo Petroleum and Environmental Manager
Indicted for Environmental Crimes (06-519)
A federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, returned a 10-count indictment
today, charging Citgo Petroleum Corporation, its subsidiary, Citgo Refining and
Chemicals Co., and the environmental manager at its Corpus Christi East Plant
Refinery with criminal violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), the Justice Department announced. (Read more) |
Government Settlements Ensure Cleanup
of Contaminated Sites in New Jersey (06-518)
The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced today that they have reached separate agreements with NCH Corporation
(NCH) and FMC Corporation (FMC) to resolve claims against them relating to the
costs of cleanup at the Higgins Farm and Higgins Disposal Superfund sites in
Somerset County, N.J. (Read more) |
August 8, 2006 |
Florida Charter Boat Captain Pleads Guilty
to Shooting at Dolphins (06-513)
Christopher Kevin Weaver, a charter boat captain from Panama City, Fla. pleaded
guilty today to one misdemeanor count of violating the federal Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA), the Justice Department announced. (Read more) |
July 27, 2006 |
Government Reaches Agreement with Asarco & Point Ruston
to Clean Up Contaminated Site in Washington State (06-470)
The federal government reached an agreement today which will help to protect the
health and the environment of Tacoma and Ruston-area citizens by expediting the
estimated $28 million cleanup of the Asarco Smelter Site in Tacoma and Ruston,
Wash. (Read more) |
July 25, 2006 |
Container Ship Owners and Operators to Pay $3.25 Million in
National Marine Sanctuary Settlement (06-460)
The owners and operators of the foreign-flagged container vessel, Mad Taipei,
have agreed to pay $3.25 million to the United States to resolve allegations
that the 15 containers lost overboard in 2004 resulted in long-term damage to
the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS), the Department of Justice
and the Department of Commerce announced today. (Read more) |
July 21, 2006 |
Commercial Fishing Vessel's Captain and Crewmember Sentenced for Smuggling Red Snapper (06-459)
Hoang Nguyen, captain of the Galveston, Texas-based commercial fishing vessel
Thanh Tam, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised
release for illegally importing red snapper into the United States, the Justice
Department announced today. Tam Le, a crewmember of the Thanh Tam, was
sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release for
concealing red snapper which was illegally imported into the United States. (Read more) |
July 14, 2006 |
Shipping Companies and Key Personnel Indicted for Vessel Pollution (06-437)
WASHINGTON - A grand jury in Delaware returned a five-count indictment charging
Greece- based shipping companies, Chian Spirit Maritime Enterprises Inc. (Chian
Spirit) and Venetico Marine and three individuals, Adrian Dragomere, Kristos
Pagones, and Evangelos Madias, with conspiracy to commit environmental crimes
and obstructing U.S. Coast Guard investigations related to the operation of the
tanker vessel Irene E/M. (Read more) |
July 13, 2006 |
Former Manager of Inwood Dairy Sentenced for Violating Clean Water Act (06-433)
WASHINGTON - The former manager of the Inwood Dairy, David Inskeep, was
sentenced today to 30 days in prison, one year supervised release and a $3,000
fine for a criminal misdemeanor violation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA),
the Justice Department announced today. (Read more) |
June 29, 2006 |
U.S. Ship Manager to Plead Guilty to Deliberate Pollution (06-404)
An American-based ship operator, Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc. (PGM), has agreed to
plead guilty to criminal charges that it engaged in deliberate acts of
pollution involving a fleet of four ships in violation of the Act to Prevent
Pollution from Ships, the Justice Department announced today. As part of the
plea agreement, PGM will pay a $1 million criminal fine and $500,000 for
community service, if approved by the court. (Read more) |
June 22, 2006 |
Fact Sheet: Indictment of and Landmark Settlement with Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (06-383)
In landmark enforcement actions, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
(PRASA) has agreed to pay $10 million in criminal and civil fines and committed
to perform more than $1.7 billion in injunctive relief to resolve repeated
environmental violations at wastewater treatment plants and drinking water
treatment plants throughout the Commonwealth. (Read more) |
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Indicted for Environmental Crimes;
Will Pay $10 Million in Criminal and Civil Fines and Spend $1.7 Billion Improving Wastewater Treatment (06-382)
WASHINGTON - The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) entered into
an agreement to plead guilty to an indictment charging 15 felony counts of
violating the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) through the illegal discharge of
pollutants from nine sanitary wastewater treatment plants and five drinking
water treatment plants, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
June 15, 2006 |
Argentine Company Pleads Guilty to Illegal Dealing in Chilean Seabass (06-372)
WASHINGTON-Estremar S.A., an Argentine company formerly known as ASC South
America S.A., today pleaded guilty to violating federal anti-fish and wildlife
trafficking law by importing and attempting to sell Patagonian toothfish, often
marketed by the trade name Chilean seabass, without the documentation required
to show it was legally harvested. (Read more) |
June 12, 2006 |
Mcwane, Inc. Executive Sentenced for Committing Environmental Crimes
WASHINGTON-Charles Matlock, an executive with Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe
Company, was sentenced in federal court today to 12 months and one day in
prison and a $20,000 fine for violating the federal Clean Air Act, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced. (Read more)
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June 8, 2006 |
United States and Louisiana Announce $15 Million Agreement with Marine Shale, Recycling Park, and Southern Wood Piedmont Resolving Hazardous Waste and Other Violations (06-358)
The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and
the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) today announced two
settlements that will lead to substantial cleanup of hazardous substances at
facilities owned by Marine Shale Processors Inc. and Recycling Park Inc. in
Amelia, La. (Read more) |
Carcinogen Cut in Texas, Kentucky, New Jersey by an
Estimated Total of 40,000 Pounds per Year (06-357)
The United States government, the Louisville Metropolitan Air Pollution Control
District (LMAPCD), and the state of New Jersey announced a settlement today
with Oxy Vinyls, LP (Oxy Vinyls) under which citizens in areas of Texas,
Kentucky and New Jersey will experience reduced exposure to the known human
carcinogen vinyl chloride. (Read more) |
Wayne County Airport Authority Pleads
Guilty to Violation of Clean Water Act (06-356)
Wayne County Airport Authority (Airport Authority), which operates Detroit Wayne
County Metropolitan Airport, pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor violation of
the Clean Water Act, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection
Agency announced. (Read more) |
June 01, 2006 |
Fact Sheet: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Reopener Provision (06-341)
The United States and the State of Alaska today submitted to Exxon Mobil
Corporation a detailed plan for a proposed restoration project intended to
restore habitat in the area affected by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. (Read more) |
United States and the State of Alaska Seeking Additional Funds from Exxon Mobil for Continuing Natural Resource Damages Caused by 1989 Oil Spill (06-340)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In accordance with the "Reopener" provision of the 1991 civil
settlement with the Exxon Corporation, the U.S. Department of Justice and the
Alaska Department of Law today presented the company with a proposed plan to
restore shorelines in Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska that still
contain oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The State of Alaska and
three federal agencies whose trust resources were injured by the spill-the U.S.
Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior-have estimated the
project to cost approximately $92 million over the course of several years.
The additional funding is being sought under the "Reopener for Unknown Injury"
provision of the 1991 civil settlement which required Exxon to pay $900 million
in damages at the time.
(Read more) |
May 17, 2006 |
Sparks, Nevada-Based Company Charged with Violating the Clean Water Act (06-300)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Greg Street Plating, Inc.-an electroplating, metal plating
and finishing company based in Sparks, Nevada-was charged in a one-count
indictment 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 Justice Department announced today. (Read more) |
May 16, 2006 |
U.S. Seeks Court Approval on Dredging Agreement with GE (06-297)
WASHINGTON-In another significant step toward cleaning up polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) in the Hudson River, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today asked the U.S. District Court in
Albany, New York to approve the October 2005 consent decree with the General
Electric Company (GE) for the river dredging called for in EPA's 2002 Record of
Decision for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site. (Read more) |
U.S., National Baking Company Reach Settlement to Reduce Stratospheric Ozone-Depleting Refrigerants (06-296)
WASHINGTON-In a settlement to reduce the release of ozone-depleting refrigerants
into the atmosphere, a Chicago-based national baking company has agreed to stop
using ozone-depleting refrigerants, the Justice Department and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
(Read more) |
May 12, 2006 |
Missouri Wood Treater Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations (06-284)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal court in Missouri has ordered Timber Industries,
Inc. to pay a penalty of more than $225,000 for illegal disposal of hazardous
wastes at its wood treatment facility, the Justice Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
May 10, 2006 |
$3.5 Million Settlement with City of Dallas Requires Increased City Effort to Keep Stormwater Sewers Clean (06-279)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The City of Dallas, Texas has reached an agreement with the
federal government requiring the City to spend in excess of $3.5 million in a
comprehensive effort to decrease the amount of pollution entering the city's
stormwater system, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
May 8, 2006 |
Clean Air Act Settlement to Eliminate Almost 29,000 Tons of Harmful Emissions in Virginia and Maryland (06-278)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a joint federal-state settlement, Mirant Mid-Atlantic
(Mirant) has agreed to eliminate nearly 29,000 tons of harmful pollution each
year generated by its four electricity generating plants in Maryland and
Virginia. The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland worked jointly on
this enforcement action, which will reduce significantly output of nitrogen
oxides (NOx) throughout the region.
(Read more) |
May 3, 2006 |
Idaho Transportation Department and Contractor to Pay Total of $895,000 to Settle Federal Storm Water Discharge Claims (06-261)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and contractor
Scarsella Brothers, Inc. have agreed to pay $895,000 for violations of the
Clean Water Act during the construction of the Bellgrove-Mica realignment of
Highway 95 near Lake Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho, the Justice Department
and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
April 26, 2006 |
Cast Iron Pipe Manufacturer, Company Officials Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes and Worker Safety Violations (06-250)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A New Jersey cast iron pipe manufacturer, Atlantic States
Cast Iron Pipe Co. (a division of McWane, Inc.) and four company officials were
found guilty of committing flagrant abuses of environmental and worker safety
laws, the Justice Department and Environmental Agency announced today. (Read more) |
April 25, 2006 |
Partial Settlement with Alabama Power will
Result in Significant Reductions of Harmful Pollutants (06-242)
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency today
announced a partial settlement of a case alleging violations of the New Source
Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act against the Alabama Power Company
James H. Miller, Jr. Plant, a coal-fired power plant near West Jefferson, Ala. (Read more) |
April 24, 2006 |
North Dakota Region Utilities to Spend Over $100 Million Under Clean Air Act Settlement (06-240)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The air quality in North Dakota and surrounding regions will
improve significantly because the federal government and the state of North
Dakota are requiring two utilities to reduce emissions of two harmful
pollutants by more than 33,000 tons per year. (Read more) |
April 21, 2006 |
Department of Justice Commemorates Earth Day, Highlights Successes in Environmental Enforcement (06-238)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Over the past five years, the Environment and Natural
Resources Division (ENRD) has worked tirelessly to enforce the nation's civil
and criminal environmental laws, resulting in numerous accomplishments, and
tangible benefits that protect and restore America's natural resources. (Read more) |
April 20, 2006 |
Seller of Tiger and Other Endangered Big Cat Skins Sentenced to Prison (06-231)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kevin M. McMaster-formerly of Port St. Lucie, Florida-was
sentenced to 25 months in prison and three years of supervised release for
selling and offering to sell in interstate commerce more than $200,000 worth of
endangered species in violation of the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
April 12, 2006 |
Companies to Spend $30 Million on PCB Cleanup at the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund Site (06-216)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the latest in a series of partial settlements aimed at
cleaning up and restoring the Lower Fox River and Green Bay Superfund Site in
northeastern Wisconsin, NCR Corp. (NCR) and Sonoco-U.S. Mills, Inc. (Sonoco)
have agreed to complete an important initial phase of the cleanup, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. (Read more) |
April 4, 2006 |
K.S., Inc. Pleads Guilty to Violating Clean Air Act (06-164)
WASHINGTON-K.S., Inc. (K.S.) pleaded guilty and was sentenced for violating the
Clean Air Act, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
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April 3, 2006 |
Settlement with AK Steel Will Require Cleanup and Investigation of Contamination of Middletown Plant (06-200)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States, the state of Ohio, and two citizen groups
have reached a settlement with AK Steel Corporation resolving claims that
discharges from AK Steel's Middletown, Ohio steel plant pose a threat to human
health and the environment, and violated federal and state environmental
statutes and regulations. (Read more) |
March 31, 2006 |
U.S. Enters Into Settlement Requiring Payment of $7.3 Million
and Cleanup at the Colorado Avenue Subsite (06-199)
WASHINGTON-Dravo Corporation (Dravo), Desco Corporation and Desco Corporation
d.b.a. Marshalltown Instruments, Inc., (Desco) have agreed to perform an
interim cleanup action and pay $7.3 million to resolve their liability for
certain cleanup costs relating to the contamination of the Colorado Avenue
Subsite of the Hastings Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
(Read more) |
Virginia Executive & Companies Receive Large Jail Term and Substantial Fines for Environmental Crimes (06-195)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Virginia executive and two companies, ACS Environmental,
Inc. (ACS) and Air Power Enterprises, Inc. (Air Power), were sentenced late
yesterday to a substantial jail term and fines for conspiracy to defraud the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Justice
Department announced today.
(Read more) |
March 24, 2006 |
Former Manager of Inwood Dairy Pleads Guilty to Violation of the Clean Water Act (06-170)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - David Inskeep pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor
violation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), the Justice Department and the
Environmental Protection Agency announced today. (Read more) |
March 23, 2006 |
Utah Gold and Silver Refiner, Top Managers Charged with Conspiracy to Violate Environmental Laws (06-166)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A 29-count federal indictment was returned in Salt Lake City,
Utah, charging Johnson Matthey, Inc. and two managers with committing
conspiracy, concealment by trick, scheme and device, and Clean Water Act (CWA)
violations, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced today. (Read more) |
March 20, 2006 |
Developer Sentenced for Environmental Crimes at Industrial Facility (06-157)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jeffery L. Springer of Phoenix, Arizona was sentenced today
to three years of probation, $2,000 in fines, and $75,000 in restitution to
victims for violating the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Department of Justice
announced today. (Read more) |
March 15, 2006 |
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to Implement Sharp
Reductions in Sewage Contamination of Charles River (06-145)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States has reached a landmark settlement with the
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) requiring the MWRA to implement
significant improvements in Boston's sewage collection system, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
Corpus Christi Day Cruise LTD. Pleads Guilty to Obstructing
U.S. Coast Guard Investigation of M/V Texas Treasure (06-140)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Corpus Christi Day Cruise, Ltd., operator of the M/V Texas
Treasure, has pleaded guilty to obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard investigation
into whether the ship had illegally discharged waste oil and deliberately
bypassed its pollution prevention equipment, the Justice Department announced
today. (Read more) |
March 10, 2006 |
Southwest Washington Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Importing and Exporting Rare Reptiles (06-133)
WASHINGTON D.C. - Jonathan Corey Sawyer of Camas, Washington, was sentenced in
Tacoma today to 15 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release for
illegally importing and exporting rare reptiles, the Department of Justice
announced today. According to court records, Sawyer illegally smuggled more
than 230 reptiles in an eight month period. (Read more) |
March 8, 2006 |
Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections to Construct $1 Million Water Supply System (06-127)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections (PRAC) has
agreed to construct a safe drinking water supply system-at a projected cost of
$1 million-to provide safe drinking water to the rural community of La Sapia,
in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, to resolve violations of a consent decree entered in
1997, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced today. (Read more) |
February 28, 2006 |
Ohio Companies to Pay $3.25 Million to Settle Alleged Natural Resources Damages Claims and Clean Water Act Violations (06-101)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Elkem Metals Company L.P, its two partners-Ferro Invest III
Inc. and Ferro Invest II LLC-and Eramet Marietta Inc. have agreed to pay $3.25
million to settle allegations that the companies injured natural resources and
violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) as a result of wastewater discharges from a
Marietta, Ohio, facility the Department of Justice, the Department of the
Interior (DOI), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
February 10, 2006 |
Commercial Fishing Vessel's Crewmember Pleads Guilty to Concealing Thousands of Pounds of Red Snapper Smuggled into the United States (06-073)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tam Le, crewmember of the Galveston, Texas-based commercial
fishing vessel Thanh Tam, pleaded guilty in federal court to concealing red
snapper which was illegally imported into the United States, the Justice
Department announced today. (Read more) |
February 8, 2006 |
McWane, Inc. And Company Executive Plead Guilty and McWane Sentenced for Environmental Crimes (06-065)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cast-iron pipe manufacturer McWane, Inc. (McWane) and former
vice president and general manager, Charles Matlock, pleaded guilty today in
federal court to environmental crimes in connection with the operation of
Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company (Pacific States). Specifically, McWane
pleaded guilty to two counts of submitting a document to the State of Utah
containing falsified emission test results. Matlock pleaded guilty to one
count of rendering inaccurate a testing method required by the Clean Air Act
(CAA). McWane was ordered to pay a $3 million fine-the largest criminal
environmental fine in the state of Utah-and to serve a three-year period of
probation. Sentencing for Charles Matlock is scheduled for May 2, 2006. (Read more) |
February 1, 2006 |
MSC Ship Management Sentenced for Oil Pollution Coverup (06-055)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - MSC Ship Management (Hong Kong) Limited-a Hong Kong-based
container ship company-has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $10
million criminal fine after admitting to engaging in conspiracy, obstruction of
justice, destruction of evidence, false statements and violating the Act to
Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Department of Justice announced today. (Read more) |
January 31, 2006 |
Former Harbor Island Smelter Operator to Pay $8.5 Million in Superfund Cleanup Costs (06-047)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - RSR Corporation and its subsidiaries, Quemetco, Inc. and QRI,
Inc., (RSR) have agreed to pay $8.5 million to resolve RSR's liability for
cleanup costs relating to the contamination of Harbor Island, the Justice
Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
January 30, 2006 |
Company to Pay $11.8 Million in Compensation for
PCB-Damaged Fishery and Habitat (06-046)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger),
headquartered in Texas, has agreed to pay $11.8 million to federal and state
agencies for injuries to natural resources caused by the presence of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in the Twelvemile Creek, Lake Hartwell and
surrounding areas, the Justice Department announced today. Schlumberger will
also spend an additional $8 to 10 million to purchase and remove two
hydroelectric dams on Twelvemile Creek, and to conduct stream restoration
activities. (Read more) |
January 25, 2006 |
Los Angeles Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Jail
For Mishandling Hazardous Waste (06-037)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Behzad Kahoolyzadeh, a west Los Angeles man, was sentenced to
37 months in jail and forced to pay $1.29 million in cleanup costs for
conspiracy to improperly store and transport dangerous chemicals, primarily the
dry cleaning solvent perchloroethylene (PERC), the Justice Department announced
today.
(Read more) |
January 23, 2006 |
Federal Court Approves $11 Million Settlement
to Resolve Claims at North Ridge Estates Asbestos Site (06-032)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - MBK Partnership-an Oregon general partnership of local real
estate developers-along with its partners and related business entities (MBK),
have entered into a consent decree to resolve a long-running dispute involving
homeowners in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the Justice Department and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. (Read more) |
January 19, 2006 |
Commercial Fishing Vessel's Captain Pleads Guilty to Smuggling
Thousands of Pounds of Red Snapper Into the United States (06-028)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Hoang Nguyen, captain of the Galveston, Texas-based
commercial fishing vessel Thanh Tam, pleaded guilty in federal court to
illegally importing red snapper, the Justice Department announced today.
Nguyen and his crewmembers had caught and retained the fish in violation of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Both Nguyen and a crewmember were indicted by a grand jury in Houston, Texas on
November 23, 2005 for offenses surrounding the illegal importation of red
snapper in 2004 and 2005. The illegal importation charge carries a maximum
penalty of five years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000. (Read more) |
January 18, 2006 |
Conagra Foods Sentenced for Violating the Clean Water Act (06-024)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - ConAgra Foods, Inc., the owner and operator of a food
ingredient and flour mill in Hastings, Minnesota, was sentenced for violating
the Clean Water Act, the Department of Justice announced today. U.S. District
Court Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced ConAgra Foods, Inc., to pay a criminal fine
of $138,513 and provide $55,000 in community service to the National Park
Foundation as well as $55,000 in community service to the Friends of the
Mississippi River. ConAgra was also sentenced to pay $1,487 in restitution to
the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). (Read more) |
January 5, 2006 |
Chief Engineer Sentenced for Concealing Vessel Pollution (06-006)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Noel Abrogar, Chief Engineer of the M/V Magellan Phoenix, was
sentenced to imprisonment for one year and one day, and three years of probation
for falsifying records that attempted to conceal repeated overboard discharges
of oil waste from the ship, the Justice Department announced today. Abrogar
pleaded guilty on September 7, 2005 to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution
from Ships, based on his role in discharging oil sludge and oil-contaminated
bilge waste directly into the ocean from the M/V Magellan Phoenix and then
falsifying the ship's records to cover up the discharges between December 2004
and March 2005. (Read more) |
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