Enforcement

Criminal Press Releases - 2012

OCEFT Seal This is a list of press releases announcing results of EPA criminal cases adjudicated in U.S. courts. The tables are sortable and can be viewed by date or alphabetically under all other headings.

Month/Day	Defendant	State	Violation	Related Media	Case Status	Press Release
12/21	Executive Recycling, Inc.	CO	• Mail and wire fraud • Environmental crimes related to the illegal disposal of electronic waste • Smuggling • Obstruction	Waste	Conviction	Case Summary
12/21	Copper River Campus	AK	• Negligently endangering others when it released hazardous asbestos into the ambient air	Air	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
12/21	Ira Eisenstein	NJ	• Illegally performing lead inspections on residences without proper certification	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
12/14	Jeffrey David Gunselman	TX	• 51 counts of wire fraud • 24 counts of money laundering • 4 counts of making false statements	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
12/11	Norberto Guada	FL	• Knowingly importing approximately 15,640 kilograms of illegal hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22)	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
12/05	John Tuma	LA	• Discharging untreated wastewater directly into the Red River without a permit • Discharging untreated wastewater into the city of Shreveport sewer system in violation of its permit • Obstructing an EPA inspection	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
12/04	Henry Hawkins	NY	• Four charges of being an accessory after the fact to a false statement under the Clean Air Act	Air	Guilty Plea	W.D. NY Press Release
12/03	Asgard Associates	CA	• A felony environmental crime because of its storage at the site of chemicals and biological agents that posed a threat of imminent and identifiable harm to the public health and safety	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
12/03	DPL Enterprises, Inc. Richard Papaleo Michael Stanovich	NV	• Making and selling a misbranded pesticide • Intentionally making false statements to federal agents from the EPA Criminal Investigations Division	Pesticide	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
12/03	Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC	WV	• Three counts of unauthorized discharge into a water of the United States	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
11/29	Martin S. Kimber	NY	• Two counts of using a toxic chemical, mercury, as a weapon • One Count of tampering with consumer products	Waste	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
11/29	Professional Mobile Cleaning, Inc., (PMC)	PA	• One count of violating The Refuse Act - failed to prevent discharge of and failure to reclaim wastewater effluent	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
11/26	Ronald Eugene Kinard Jack Bard Haney	NC	• Conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act by conducting false vehicle emission inspections	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
11/15	BP Exploration and Production, Inc. (BP)	LA	• Clean Water and Migratory Bird Treaty Acts violations • One Count Obstruction of Congress • Eleven Counts of Felony Manslaughter	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
11/14	James L. Christian Smith Chrome Plating, Inc.	WA	• One felony Clean Water Act offense -- Clean Water Act False Statements • Misdemeanor counts - Clean Water Act offense -- Violation of a Requirement of a Pretreatment Program. •	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
11/08	Robert Edward Brown	VT	• Illegally storing waste oil, gasoline, antifreeze, and lead-acid car batteries	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
11/05	Matthew Black Eagle	MT	• Illegally storing hazardous waste without a permit	Waste	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
11/05	Victor Mercado	MI	• Conspiracy	Water	Guilty Plea
11/02	Pemco Services, Inc.	TX	• Texas Water Code violations relating to the operation of an oil and gas waste landfarming site	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
10/24	Linda Knox	NC	• Mail Fraud	Water Title 18	Sentencing	Case Summary
10/19	Erick Alexander Chicas Tanveer Anwar	NC	• Conducting false vehicle emissions inspections	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
10/16	Dominick Mazza Cross Nicastro Mazza & Sons Inc.	NY	• Conspiracy • False Statements • Failure to report the release of toxic materials • Obstructing justice	Waste	Conviction	Case Summary
10/15	William M. Threatt	MO	• Improperly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing materials	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
10/11	Michael Terry	MO	• Mail Fraud	Air Title 18	Sentencing	Case Summary
10/10	Bryan Stowe	WA	• Felony violation - knowingly violating a national pollution discharge elimination permit	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
10/05	Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC	WV	• Three counts of Unauthorized Discharge into a Water of the United States	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
10/04	John Tetreault	MA	• False representations in federally-required reports	Water Title 18	Sentencing	Case Summary
10/03	Norberto Guada	FL	• One count of knowingly importing approximately 15,640 kilograms of illegal hydrochlorofluorocarbon-22 (HCFC-22)	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
10/01	David Wood James Mathis Donald Fillers Watkins Street Project LLC	TN	• Conspiracy • Criminal violations of the Clean Air Act • Obstruction of justice	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/28	James Barber	WA	• Misdemeanor charge of violating the Clean Water Act	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/24	Francis "Frank" Zuspan	WV	• Dumping a pollutant into waters of the United States without a permit	Water	Guilty Plea	S.D. WV Press Release
09/12	Cheng Yan Huang	NY	• One count of distributing and selling the unregistered and unauthorized pesticides	Pesticides	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/10	John C. Scheerer	CT	• One count of making and using a false document	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
09/07	Scott's Miracle-Gro	OH	• Eleven counts of illegally applying insecticides to its wild bird food products that are toxic to birds, falsifying pesticide registration documents, distributing pesticides with misleading and unapproved labels, and distributing unregistered pesticides	Pesticides	Sentencing	Case Summary EPA Press Release
08/27	Arville “Buddy” Thomas	AL	• One felony count of illegally storing and disposing of hazardous waste	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/20	House of Raeford Farms Inc.	NC	• Ten counts of knowing violations of the Clean Water Act	Water	Conviction	Case Summary
08/17	William Duran Vizzerra Jr.	AK	• Illegally disposing of hazardous waste	Waste	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
08/17	Thomas K. Tienda	CO	• Illegal asbestos removal	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/15	Prastana Taohim	AL	• Two Count of Obstruction of Justice	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/15	Giusseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company, S.P.A. Vito La Forgia	AL	• Discharges of oily wastewater from ship directly into the sea.	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/15	Cedyco Corporation	LA	• Three counts of violating the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act)	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/10	Nghiem Van Tran Nghi Cong Tran Dahn Cong Tran Ngan Tien Tran Bich Dong Ngo Huy Ngoc Nguyen	TX	• One count of conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act • One count of making a Clean Air Act false statement	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
08/08	Timothy Smither Denise Smither	NC	• Conspiracy to commit mail fraud • Conspiracy to commit wire fraud • Violate the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)	Pesticides	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/03	William Morgan	MI	• Conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Violate the Clean Air Act’s asbestos requirements • Commit bribery	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary EPA Press Release
08/02	Mari Leigh Childs	MS	• One count of submitting false material statements • One count of failing to establish and maintain records, make reports, and sample effluents as required by the Clean Water Act	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
08/02	Jason Prejean	LA	• Negligently discharging hazardous waste into a publicly owned treatment works or sewer system	Waste	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
07/26	Duane “Butch” O’Malley	IL	• Illegal removal, handling and disposal of asbestos	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary EPA Press Release
07/24	Tammy Young	OR	• Making a false statement	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
07/18	Asgard Associates, LLC	CA	• Unlawful storage of hazardous waste	Waste	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
07/18	Team Industrial Services, Inc.	TX	• Negligently released hazardous pollutants into the ambient air • Negligently placed others in danger of death or serious bodily injury	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
07/13	Ohio Valley Coal Company (OVCC) David Bartsch Donald Meadows	OH	• Negligently failed to sample and monitor the flow of pollutants discharged from its holding pond	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
07/12	Steven Avery Billy Avery	VA	• Illegal discharge	Water Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
07/12	Bret Simpson	WA	• Failing to report a discharge of oil • Unlawfully discharging oil into the Columbia River	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
06/26	Carlos Garcia	FL	• Knowingly receiving, buying, selling and facilitating the transportation, concealment, and sale of the ozone–depleting substance hydrochlorofluorocarbon–22 (HCFC-22).	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
06/25	Rodney Hailey	MD	• 8 counts of wire fraud • 32 counts of money laundering • 2 counts of violating the Clean Air Act	Air	Conviction	Case Summary
06/21	Kent Phillips	LA	• Negligently discharging oil into Devil’s Creek	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
06/18	Boris A. Tomicic	CT	• One count of wire fraud	Fraud - Title 18	Sentencing	Case Summary
06/15	Ronald Monsen	AK	• Negligent violation of the Clean Water Act	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
06/07	Spectro Alloys Corporation (Spectro)	MN	• Two counts failure to disclose violations of limits placed on its emissions of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
06/06	Cephus Murrell	MD	• Improper lead paint abatement • Failure to disclose to tenants the presence of documented lead-based paint hazards	Waste	Sentencing	Case Summary
05/31	David Dober, Sr. Robert H. Block, Jr.	OR	• Violations of the Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA) • The Endangered Species Act and • The Clean Water Act (CWA)	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
05/30	Target Ship Management Pte. Ltd. Payongyut Vongvichinakul, Pakpoom Hanprap	AL	• Failure to properly maintain an oil record book • Making material false statements	Water	Sentencing {company} Guilty Plea	Case Summary
05/25	Patrick Dooley	WA	• Illegal disposal of hazardous chemicals • Witness Tampering	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
05/23	Cedyco Corporation	LA	• Three misdemeanor counts of negligent discharge of harmful quantities of oil into navigable waters of the United States	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
05/21	Joe L. Parrish Gregory A. Scott	DC	• One count of solicitation and receipt of a bribe by a public official	Asbestos	Sentencing	Case Summary
05/18	Prastana Taohim	AL	• One count of obstructing a Coast Guard inspection of a ship • One count of obstruction of justice related to covering up the pollution by creating a false and fictitious garbage log	Obstruction	Conviction	Case Summary
05/17	Boston Building LLC.	UT	• Violation of NESHAP in handling asbestos during renovation project.	Air	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
05/14	Cheny Yan Huang	NY	• Distributing and selling unregistered and unauthorized pesticides	Pesticides	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
05/04	John C. Scheerer	CT	• One count of making a false statement	False Statement - Title 18	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
05/04	Stewart Roth	IN	• Knowingly violates the CWA by discharging pollutants into a sump	Water	Guilty Plea
04/26	Integrated Products Services Gabriel Henson	OK	• Negligent violation	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
04/13	Steven Avery Billy J. Avery Sea Solutions	VA	• Spill of oil, oily water, and other pollutants into the Elizabeth River	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
04/12	Bryan Stowe Stowe Construction	WA	• Knowingly violated the Construction General Storm Water Permit	Water	Guilty Plea Sentencing	Case Summary
04/09	Angel Dario Rodriguez	NC	• Conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 • Making a material false statement, representation, or certification	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
03/29	Indian Ridge Resort Community - Indian Ridge Resort, Inc. North Shore Investments, LLC	MO	• Failed to prevent storm water runoff at the construction site from discharging silt into Table Rock Lake	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
03/27	Ilios Shipping Company S.A.	LA	• Illegal discharges of oil waste by falsifying the vessel's oil record book • Obstruction of Justice	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
03/26	William Morgan	MI	• Conspiring to accept a $10,000 bribe • Defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Make a false statement in violation of the federal Clean Air Act.	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
03/23	Belvan Corporation	TX	• One felony count of failure to notify or report	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
03/22	John Tuma Cody Tuma	LA	• Illegal discharge of untreated wastewater directly into the Red River without a permit • Illegal discharge of untreated wastewater into the city of Shreveport sewer system in violation of its permit • Obstructing an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation • Conspiracy	Water	Conviction	Case Summary
03/21	North American Green, Inc.	IN	• 150 counts of using a registered pesticide in violation of federal law	Pesticides	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
03/13	Joe L. Parrish Gregory A. Scott	DC	• One count of solicitation and receipt of a bribe by a public official	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
03/02	Marc Vogel	CA	• Unlawful transportation of hazardous waste • Unlawful disposal of hazardous waste • Transportation of hazardous waste without a manifest	Waste	Conviction	Case Summary
02/17	Julius DeSimone	NY	• Conspiracy • Making false statements	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
02/17	Brian Waite Daniel Clements	MI	• Conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act • Knowingly violating the federal asbestos laws	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/16	Horizon Lines	CA	• Two counts of making false statements based on their knowing failure to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/15	Kenneth Horan	NY	• Illegally removed materials containing friable asbestos	Air	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/13	Freedman Farms, Inc. William Freedman	NC	• Illegal discharge of hog waste into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/08	Oakmont Environmental, Inc.	LA	• Illegal discharge of oily wastewater	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/06	Clifford Randall Tracy	OR	• Unlawfully conducting mining operations	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/06	Donald Clark	TN	• 12 counts of making false documents	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary
02/01	William Threatt Anthony Crompton	MO	• Improperly removing and disposing of asbestos-containing materials	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
01/30	David Wood Donald Fillers James Mathis Watkins Street Project LLC	TN	• Conspiracy • Clean Air Act violations • Obstruction-related offenses	Air	Conviction	Case Summary
01/27	Patrick Dooley	WA	• Three counts of Clean Water Act violations • One count of witness tampering	Water	Conviction	Case Summary
01/25	Efploia Shipping Aquarosa Shipping	MD	Four felony counts: • Obstruction of justice • Making material false statements • Knowingly failing to maintain an accurate oil record book • Knowingly failing to maintain an accurate garbage record book	Water	Sentence	Case Summary
01/23	Hugh Barker	KS	• Failing to file notification of demolition	Air	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
01/23	Daniel Parker	FL	• Dumping pollutants into the City of Ft. Lauderdale Sanitary Sewer	Water	Sentence	Case Summary
01/11	Leonard Pugh	NY	• Violation of the Clean Air Act	Air	Sentence	Case Summary
01/10	Jon Goodrich	VT	• Unlawfully stored hazardous waste at its Bennington facility without a permit	Waste	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
01/10	Keoje Marine Co. Ltd. Bong Seob Bag First Assistant Engineer Dwintoro	HI	Three felonies: • Violating the Clean Water Act for the dumping of oily bilge waste into waters off of Hawaii • Violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from ships for covering up the dumping of the oily waste by falsifying the vessel's oil record book, • Obstruction of Justice	Water	Guilty Plea	Case Summary
01/09	John R. Wiehl Franklin Non-Ferrous Foundry, Inc.	NH	• Unlawfully storing hazardous waste	Waste	Guilty Plea	Case Summary Press Release EPA
01/04	City of Pineville	LA	• Illegal discharge	Water	Sentencing	Case Summary

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