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. ### 97-009