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COLORADO BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL
Release Date: 07/27/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2001
COLORADO BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO
ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / hester.luke@epa.gov
ILLEGAL WASTE DISPOSAL
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / hester.luke@epa.gov
An investigation by a federal/state task force led to a guilty plea without sentencing considerations for unlawful hazardous waste disposal by Bruce Spence, owner of Cooling Systems International, Inc. Spence pleaded guilty on July 13 to unlawfully disposing of hazardous waste. He faces up to four years in prison and $50,000 per day of violation fine. Spence ran a mining equipment radiator repair business in Fuita, Colorado at which toxic lead waste was released. This and other hazardous waste sludge was also poured into prairie dog holes rather than paying for its lawful disposal. Spence had committed similar violations in New Mexico prior to coming to Colorado. The Task Force included EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, EPA’s National Enforcement Investigations Center, the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment, and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
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