Abstract
The U.S. has reached an $11.6 million settlement with Chemical Waste Management (CWM) in connection with the Oak Brook, Ill., company's cleanup of the Lackawanna Refuse Superfund site near Old Forge, Pa. The settlement is the largest ever obtained for environmental crimes prosecuted under Superfund, the 1980 hazardous waste cleanup law. CWM pleaded guilty to six felony violations for failing to report to the Environmental Protection Agency, as required under the law, spills that occurred during the cleanup of the site. For this criminal activity, the U.S. District Court in Scranton, Pa., handed down fines, penalties, restitution, and associated costs totaling nearly $7.4 million. According to the Justice Department, CWM employees deliberately crushed barrels containing hazardous waste in order to clean up the site more quickly. Leaks from these damaged barrels contaminated the site, but U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, James West, says there was no evidence that they harmed the publi...
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