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PA OREGON BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR MISHAND. HAZARD. WASTES

Release Date: 2/28/97
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PA OREGON BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR MISHAND. HAZARD. WASTES

FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1997

OREGON BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED FOR MISHANDLING HAZARDOUS WASTES

                       

On Feb. 25, in U.S. District Court in Eugene, Ore., James Powell Taylor, the owner and operator of Continental Plating, Inc., was sentenced to five months in federal prison and was required to pay EPA clean up costs in the amount of $45,000 for his guilty plea to felony charges for illegally transporting and storing hazardous wastes in violation of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Continental Plating Inc., an electroplating business, ceased operations in 1984. After it closed, Taylor illegally transported and stored his electroplating chemicals at an outdoor facility in West Eugene. Among the materials stored were two 1,000-gallon plating tanks containing plating chemicals, including arsenic, cyanide, chromium and lead. The case was jointly investigated by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, the FBI and law enforcement authorities for the State of Oregon.

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