Former Custom Carbon Exec Fails to Surrender to Prison

Billings, MT – In a shocking turn of events, Peter Margiotta, the former president of Custom Carbon Processing, Inc., was sentenced to one day in prison for failing to surrender to prison for his 18-month sentence stemming from the explosion of an oil processing plant in Wibaux.

Margiotta, 64, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with failure to surrender for service of sentence. U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided over the hearing and sentenced Margiotta immediately after his plea.

According to court documents, Margiotta was given three extensions of time to self-report to prison, with the third deadline set for January 15, 2021. However, Margiotta failed to self-surrender by the deadline and turned himself in to law enforcement authorities in Sweetgrass on March 25.

The explosion at the oil processing plant in Wibaux occurred in 2012 and injured three workers. A jury found Margiotta guilty of conspiracy, Clean Air Act-general duty, and Clean Air Act-knowing endangerment in September 2019.

As part of a plea agreement, the government and Margiotta agreed that a sentence of one day of imprisonment was appropriate and that Margiotta would voluntarily dismiss any appeal of his previous convictions or sentence.

The case was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Bryan T. Dake and Eric E. Nelson, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, handling the prosecution.

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