FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                         ENR
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1997                          (202) 514-2008
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888

***IMPORTANT--THIS SUPPLEMENTS THIS MORNING'S CFC ANNOUNCEMENT***

           MORE CHARGES BROUGHT AS A RESULT OF NATIONAL
                    CFC ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Building on this morning's National CFC Smuggling
Initiative, charges were filed today in Philadelphia against three individuals
and two business on allegations that they conspired to smuggle a total of over
52,000 cylinders of CFCs at an estimated profit of $1 million.

     The charges filed by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania allege the following:

         Three individuals - R. Colin Dayton, Christopher Farnham and Richard
          Pelati - were charged with conspiracy to smuggle CFCs; 
     
         two businesses - Refrigerant Management Services Inc., of Bryn
          Mawr, Pennsylvania and R&C Sales Inc., of Boca Raton, Florida,
          were indicted with conspiracy to smuggle CFCs.

         Additional charges of money laundering and criminal forfeiture were
          brought against Dayton and Farnham. 

         Indictment alleges the defendants conspired to smuggle over 52,000
          cylinders of CFCs at an estimated profit of $1 million, including $7
          million in circumvented federal excise taxes.

     The CFC Smuggling Initiative is a joint effort by the U.S. Department of
Justice, U.S. Customs Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, Internal
Revenue Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to stop the flow of
banned chemicals into the United States.
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