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CALIFORNIA COMPANY, PRESIDENT, SUPERVISOR SENTENCED
Release Date: 03/29/2002
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2002
CALIFORNIA COMPANY, PRESIDENT, SUPERVISOR SENTENCED
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / hester.luke@epa.gov
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / hester.luke@epa.gov
E-D Coat, an Oakland, Calif. metal plating company, its president, Jerry Rossi, and the supervisor of its wastewater treatment, Jack Marlow, pleaded guilty and were sentenced on March 19 to violating the Clean Water Act. The defendants will pay a $215,000 fine and serve three years probation. In addition, Rossi will spend six months in home detention. E-D Coat must also install modifications to its plumbing to prevent further illegal discharges. E-D Coat electroplates a variety of metal products by dipping them into baths containing various chemicals including cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, acids, cyanide and zinc. The defendants admitted that on three occasions in 1999 and 2000, they used a bypass to discharge untreated wastewater containing a various contaminants from their metal processing tanks into the sewers operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and EBMUD, with assistance from EPA’s National Enforcement Investigations Center. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s office in San Francisco.
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