Category: Environmental Crimes
Frazier T. Boyd III, Felony Violation of the Clean Water Act, Virginia 2023
In a shocking case of environmental disregard, Boyd Farm LLC and its owner Frazier T. Boyd III have been sentenced for criminally filling wetlands in Goochland and Louisa Counties, Virginia. The company and its owner were found guilty of a felony violation of the Clean Water Act, which prohibits unpermitted discharges into covered wetlands and…
Lower Yakima Valley Dairies, Environmental Law Violation, Washington 2024
Yakima, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice filed a Complaint in federal district court alleging three large dairies located north of Granger in the Lower Yakima Valley failed to adequately control nitrate contamination…
Diesel & Offroad Authority, LLC, and Christopher Paul Kaufman, Clean Air Act Violations, Oregon 2024
A Lane County, Oregon, diesel repair shop and its owner have been found guilty of tampering with pollution monitoring devices on at least 184 vehicles in violation of the Clean Air Act. Diesel & Offroad Authority, LLC, located in Veneta, Oregon, and its owner and operator, Christopher Paul Kaufman, 38, a resident of Veneta, pleaded…
Rafael Carballo-Díaz, Nathaniel Hernández-Claudio, Environmental Crimes, Puerto Rico 2023
Three men have been charged with environmental crimes in Puerto Rico, according to a federal indictment unsealed yesterday. Rafael Carballo-Díaz and Nathaniel Hernández-Claudio were charged with violating the Clean Water Act, which prohibits the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the United States. The indictment alleges that Carballo-Díaz and Hernández-Claudio knowingly discharged fill material…
J.R. Simplot Company, Environmental Violations, Idaho 2024
BOISE – The Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with J.R. Simplot Company involving Simplot’s Don Plant manufacturing facility located near Pocatello, Idaho. The settlement resolves allegations primarily under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at the facility, including that Simplot failed to properly identify and manage certain…
James C. Justice III, Environmental Law Violations, Virginia 2023
James C. Justice III, a prominent coal industry figure, and 13 companies he owns or operates are the subjects of a civil action filed by the Justice Department in the Western District of Virginia. The suit aims to collect unpaid civil penalties and reclamation fee debts totaling approximately $7.6 million. The case centers around over…
Matador Production Company, Air Pollution, New Mexico 2024
Matador Production Company, a major oil and gas producer in New Mexico, has been ordered to pay a penalty and ensure compliance with both state and federal clean air regulations at all 239 of its New Mexico oil and gas well pads to resolve unlawful operations alleged in a civil complaint filed today under the…
Packaging Corporation of America, Clean Air Act Violation, Louisiana 2023
WASHINGTON — Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), headquartered in Illinois, has agreed to pay $2.5 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act’s General Duty Clause and Risk Management Program Regulations at its containerboard production mill in DeRidder, Louisiana. In the complaint, filed today with the proposed settlement, the…
Packaging Corporation of America, Clean Air Act Violation, Louisiana 2023
WASHINGTON — Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), headquartered in Illinois, has agreed to pay $2.5 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act’s General Duty Clause and Risk Management Program Regulations at its containerboard production mill in DeRidder, Louisiana. In the complaint, filed today with the proposed settlement, the…
Dennis Plasabas, Violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, California 2022
San Diego, California – In a shocking case of environmental degradation, New Trade Ship Management S.A., a vessel operating company, and its Chief Engineer, Dennis Plasabas, pleaded guilty in federal court to maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oily bilge water from the bulk carrier vessel Longshore. According to the charges,…
