EPA Region

Defendants

Case Type/Status

1

Marmon Utility LLC

Sentencing/Sentenced to federal probation for three years and must pay $2.5 million to the government for violating the Clean Water Act by allegedly knowingly failing to properly operate and maintain the industrial wastewater treatment system and sludge-processing equipment at the Kerite Power Cable & Pump Cable factory in Seymour, Connecticut.

2

Paul Richard Heil

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of aiding and abetting for the alleged failure to provide lead paint hazard warning notice at a residence in Buffalo, New York.

3

Glenn Lijewski

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Clean Water Act for allegedly directing the Aspinwall Drinking Water Plant employees, operated by Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, to discharge sludge into the Allegheny River.

3

Ty Barnett

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty for the alleged improper handling and removing of regulated asbestos in Berwick, Pennsylvania, containing material as required by federal law.

6

Faiz Abdallahi

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty to improper importation of a Class II substance for allegedly smuggling freon into the United States and was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine.

6

Patrick Huse

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty for allegedly allowing the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances into the Gulf of Mexico from Main Pass 301A, an oil and gas production platform.

6

Aghorn Operating Inc.

Trent Day

Indictment/Indicted for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act relating to releases of hydrogen sulfide from an Aghorn facility as well as allegedly obstructing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation.

8

Pro Diesel Inc.

Endrizzi Desel LLC

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty for allegedly conspiring with a Colorado-based diesel shop to remove or alter the monitoring component of emissions control systems on Class 8, commercial heavy-duty diesel trucks and semi-trucks, thereby violating the Clean Air Act.

9

Kory Willis

Power Performance Enterprises

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $3.1 million in criminal fines and civil penalties for the conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by allegedly tampering with the monitoring devices of emissions control systems of diesel trucks.

9

Bobby Khalili

Plea Agreement/Pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Clean Air Act for alleged activities in connection with asbestos-related Clean Air Act violations at a Las Vegas apartment complex.