Echo
Indiana motel manager faces prison for DOOM
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A motel manager used an unregistered pesticide to treat bed bugs and is expected to plead guilty to violating the Federal Insecticide Act
Green Gavel
Minnesota court rules police needed search warrant to track poaching suspect
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Conservation officers had seized deer and elk antlers from the suspects home.
Air
Erie Coke Corp. faces $500,000 fine for benzene violations
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Earlier enforcement action was taken in a 2010 consent decree that included a $6 million penalty.
Green Gavel
New York sewage dumper gets fine, probation.
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The chief operator of a municipal wastewater treatment plant pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act.
Homepage Featured
Asbestos removal threatened residents; contractor fined
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Attempt to cut costs threatened health, according to U.S. Attorney.
Air
Air conditioner thief faces long spell in the cooler
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A heroin addict is convicted of an environmental felony for releasing ozone-damaging chemicals during the theft of commercial air conditioners.
Green Gavel
Recycling scam lands conspirator in the pokey
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He pleaded guilty to defrauding scrap metal brokers by charging them for recycling services that were never provided.
Recreation
Poached Canadian bear, wolf get Wisconsin hunters in hot water
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Boasts on Facebook lead to conviction.
Air
New York judge sentences developer in asbestos case
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Workers uncertified in asbestos removal said they were offered cash to remove the material when a container company refused to dump it.
Green Gavel
Ohio polluter gets four days in jail and $70,000 fine
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Judge also says that the gas and oil well operator has to write articles for three trade journals, explaining why an Ohio law does not provide an exemption for polluting the waterways of the United States.