Category: Environmental Crime
Cody J. Cyson, Entering a Closed Area and Interference with an Agency Function, Wyoming 2018
Two men have pleaded guilty to charges related to entering a closed area in Yellowstone National Park. Cody J. Cyson, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, and Thomas L. Brown of East Hardwick, Vermont, each entered guilty pleas today in US District Court at the Yellowstone Justice Center in Mammoth, Wyoming. The charges stem from an incident that…
Young Living Essential Oils, Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act Violations, Utah 2023
Utah-based Young Living Essential Oils, L.C., has been sentenced to pay $760,000 in fines, forfeiture, and community service after pleading guilty to violating the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act. The company, headquartered in Lehi, Utah, was charged with illegally trafficking rosewood oil and spikenard oil in violation of the Lacey Act and the…
ORB Exploration LLC, Oil Spills, Louisiana 2023
ORB Exploration LLC, a Louisiana company, has agreed to pay over $715,000 in penalties and costs to settle allegations of oil spills and violations of spill prevention rules in the Atchafalaya River Basin. In a federal-state coordinated enforcement effort, ORB Exploration LLC has agreed to pay $615,000 in federal civil penalties for the spills and…
Omega Chemical Corporation, Groundwater Contamination, California 2023
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Grimmel Industries, Clean Water Act Violation, New Hampshire 2013
CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – In a shocking display of environmental recklessness, Grimmel Industries, L.L.C. has been found guilty of violating the Clean Water Act. The case centers around Christopher Garrity, the terminal manager at the time of the discharge, who admitted to discharging a pollutant into the navigable waters of the Piscataqua River without a…
Gulf Coast Asphalt Company, Oil Spill, Alabama 2011
Gulf Coast Asphalt Company, LLC entered a plea to two counts of an information charging violations of the Oil Pollution Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on September 1, 2011. The information charges that the discharge of oil was caused by an over-fill of oil…
Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc., Clean Air Act Violation, Ohio 2023
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Kevin L. Cline, Clean Water Act Violations, Kansas 2023
Clean Water Act Violations Land Business Owner Behind Bars In a shocking turn of events, the owner of a metal plating company in Minneapolis, Kansas, has been sentenced to four months in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for violating the federal Clean Water Act. Kevin L. Cline, 56, owner of C…
Tonawanda Coke, Environmental Crimes, New York 2024
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Randall Todd Walker, Theft Of Walnut Trees, Iowa 2013
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