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PA LOUISIANA COMPANY AND CEO SENTENCED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE CRIMES
Release Date: 07/25/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1997
LOUISIANA COMPANY AND CEO SENTENCED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE CRIMES
On July 15, John Wesley Broussard and Antifreeze Inc. of Abbeville, La., were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Lafayette. They had previously pleaded guilty to four felony counts of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Broussard was sentenced to 37 months in prison, three years of supervised release and fined $4,000 to be paid to EPA. Antifreeze Inc., was fined $250,000, and ordered to pay $2,962,155 for environmental cleanup, and $1,000 to the Louisiana State Police. Antifreeze Inc., manufactures anti-freeze and oil treating compounds sold to trucking companies, industries and government agencies. Broussard and Antifreeze illegally transported and stored hazardous wastes including benzene, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Louisiana State Police with the assistance of EPA’s National Enforcement Investigations Center.
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