Category: Environmental Crime
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Oil Spill, Louisiana 2022
GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, LLC, a Texas company, was sentenced to pay a $1 million fine for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans. The oil spill occurred on September 5, 2016, on the edge of Bay Long near the Chenier Ronquille…
Fred D. Godley Jr., Environmental Negligence, North Carolina 2024
Greedy corporate tycoon Fred D. Godley Jr. and his companies, 436 Cone Avenue LLC and F.D. Godley Number Three LLC, are facing the music for their egregious environmental crimes. The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced a settlement under which Godley and his companies will pay $1.25 million for government cleanup…
Schnitzer Steel, Ozone Depletion, Oregon 2023
Federal authorities have accused Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., a Portland-based recycling company, of violating the Clean Air Act and regulations designed to protect stratospheric ozone at 40 scrap metal recycling facilities throughout the United States. The United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has reached a proposed settlement with Schnitzer Steel Industries…
Bobby Babak Khalili, Clean Air Act Violation, Nevada 2022
Bobby Babak Khalili, 46, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to violating federal Clean Air Act regulations at two apartment complexes in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khalili, the manager of Las Vegas Apartments LLC, admitted to overseeing renovation activities at both complexes, despite knowing that they contained asbestos-containing materials. Khalili hired untrained individuals to tear out…
Montrose Chemical Corporation, Environmental Pollution, California 2021
LOS ANGELES, CA – In a major breakthrough in environmental law enforcement, Montrose Chemical Corporation, Bayer CropScience Inc., TFCF America Inc., and Stauffer Management Company LLC have agreed to pay $77.6 million for the cleanup of contaminated groundwater at the Montrose Chemical Corp. Superfund and the Del Amo Superfund Sites in Los Angeles County, California.…
Wayne Robert Banks, Jr., Vessel Destruction, Ohio 2020
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Felix Gutierrez Valencia, Pesticide Smuggling, California 2021
A Perris, California man has been sentenced to 90 days in custody for attempting to smuggle pesticides into the United States. Felix Gutierrez Valencia, 48, of Perris, California, pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle pesticides into the country. He was sentenced to 90 days in custody, ordered to pay a fine of $2,500 and restitution…
Lone Star Industries, Clean Air Act Violations, Indiana 2024
Lone Star Industries Inc, a subsidiary of Italian company Buzzi Unicem, has been accused of violating the Clean Air Act at its cement manufacturing facility in Greencastle, Indiana. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Indiana Department of Environmental Management filed a complaint against Lone Star Industries, alleging numerous, longstanding Clean Air…
Jay Earnest Niday, Violating Clean Water Act, Iowa 2021
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Aaron Rochester, Environmental Crimes, Iowa 2018
Aaron Rochester, 44, a former Sioux City Council member, has been charged with one count of unlawful storage of hazardous waste and one count of transportation of hazardous waste. The charges were filed in an Indictment on July 25, 2018, in United States District Court in Sioux City, Iowa. The Indictment alleges that Rochester, as…
