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Environmental Crimes Case Bulletin
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training
Case Bulletin July 2012
This bulletin summarizes publicized investigative activity and adjudicated cases conducted
by OCEFT Criminal Investigation Division special agents, forensic specialists, and legal sup-
port staff.
Defendants in this edition:
Steven Avery, Billy Avery, Sea Solutions, Inc. Region 3
Nupro Industries Corporation Region 3
Payongyut Vongvichuankul & Pakpoom Hanprap Region 4
Duane "Butch" O'Malley Region 5
Team Industrial Services, Inc. Region 6
Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services LLC & Matthew L. Bowman Region 6
Odysea Carriers, S.A. Region 6
Jason Prejean & One Low Price Cleaners Region 6
Asgard Associates, LLC Region 9
Bret A. Simpson Region 10
Tammy Young Region 10
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DEFENDANT SUMMARY:
REGION
DEFENDANTS
CASE TYPE/STATUTES
Region 3
Steven Avery, Billy Avery, Sea
Solutions, Inc.
CWA/Spilling oil, oily water and
other pollutants into U.S. waters
Region 3
Nupro Industries Corporation
CW A/Criminally tampering with
wastewater samples
Region 4
Payongyut Vongvichuankul &
Pakpoom Hanprap
APPS/Discharged oily bilge waste
into ocean and failed to maintain
oil record book
Region 5
Duane "Butch" O'Mallev
CAA/Illegal asbestos removal, han-
dling, disposal
Region 6
Team Industrial Services, Inc.
CAA/Negligent release of hazard-
ous pollutants
Region 6
Port Arthur Chemical and Envi-
ronmental Services, LLC & Mat-
thew L. Bowman
Hazardous Materials Transporta-
tion Uniform Safety Act & RCRA/
Illegal transportation of hazardous
waste and false statements
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DEFENDANT SUMMARY:
REGION
DEFENDANTS
CASE TYPE/STATUTES
Region 6
Odysea Carriers, S.A.
CWA/Illegal dumping of oily
waste into the ocean
Region 6
Jason Prejean & One Low Price
Cleaners
CW A/Negligent discharge of haz-
ardous waste into POTW
Region 9
Asgard Associates, LLC
RCRA/Unlawful hazardous waste
storage
Region 10
Bret A. Simpson
CW A/Failure to report unlawful oil
spill and unlawfully discharging oil
Region 10
Tammy Young
SOW A/Falsifying Test Results
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Ship Scrapping Company and Owners Sentenced for Environmental Crimes - On July 12, 2012, STE-
VEN E. AVERY, of Bohannon, Va.,
BILLY J. AVERY, of Virginia Beach, Va.,
and the corporation SEA SOLUTIONS,
INC., were sentenced in federal district court
for the Eastern District of Virginia for vari-
ous environmental crimes stemming from
their activities in the ship scrapping busi-
ness. Steven Avery was sentenced to one
year in prison and a $25,000 fine, Billy
Avery was sentenced to five years probation,
nine months home confinement, and a
$25,000 fine, and Sea Solutions, Inc. was
sentenced to one year probation and is barred
from working in the ship scrapping busi-
ness. The three defendants were also collec-
Boom is placed around the M/V Snowbird after an oil leak is discov-
ered on the south branch of the Elizabeth River on October 6, 2010 tlvelY ordered to pay $66,402.41 in restltu-
Photograph: U.S. Coast Guard tion.
Steven and Billy Avery operated Sea Solutions, Inc. In February 2010, Sea Solutions, Inc. pur-
chased a vessel known as M/V Snow Bird for the purpose of scrapping, with the knowledge that it contained
a quantity of petroleum products and other pollutants. The defendants knew these waste products were on-
board the M/V Snow Bird and needed to be removed prior to scrapping, but they knowingly commenced
scrapping operations with the pollutants onboard. Over the course of several months, witnesses complained
of pollutants emanating from the M/V Snow Bird. In October of 2010, the defendants caused a major spill
of oil, oily water, and other pollutants from the M/V Snow Bird into the Elizabeth River. The cleanup op-
eration removed several thousand gallons of oily waste from the Elizabeth River and the shoreline at the
cost to the United States of over $66,000.
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Former Coos Bay/North Bend Water Treatment Supervisor Pleads Guilty to and Sentenced for Falsi-
fying Water Testing Results On July 24, 2012, TAMMY
YOUNG, of Coos Bay, Oregon, pleaded guilty to making a
false statement to a government agency. Young was sentenced
to three years of probation and 100 hours of community service.
Young was charged with making a false statement on monthly
monitoring reports to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), a
felony charge. While serving as the Water Treatment Plant Su-
pervisor and Water Quality Technician, Young submitted
monthly monitoring reports for drinking water which contained
false test results for coliform bacteria. She was fired as a result
of this conduct. The OHA relies on the accuracy of information Coos Bay - North Bend Water Board
from water treatment plant supervisors to ensure that the water supplied by the Coos Bay/North Bend Public
Water Board is in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and is safe for the public to drink. Under
the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, which is administered and enforced by the OHA, along with EPA, the
Coos Bay/North Bend Public Water Board must provide drinking water that meets standards to ensure that
the water is safe for human consumption. Drinking water is tested for coliform bacteria, a bacteria naturally
present in the environment, which at certain levels, may indicate the presence of other, more harmful bacte-
ria. EPA establishes levels of coliform bacteria permitted in drinking water. Regular testing allows public
water systems to monitor these levels and ensure that there are no safety concerns with the water supply and
no health risks. There is no indication that Young's actions caused any actual harm to individuals who con-
sumed drinking water from the plant. This investigation was conducted by the EPA Criminal Investigation
Division with assistance from the Oregon Health Authority Center for Health Protection. The case was
prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon.
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Philadelphia Plant Sentenced for Criminally Tampering its Wastewater Samples On July 27, 2012,
NUPRO INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, located in Philadelphia, was sentenced to three years probation
and a $200,000 fine for criminally tampering with samples of the wastewater it was discharging into Phila-
delphia's sewer system. Nupro Industries Corporation, which manufactures oils and esters at its plant at East
Ontario and Bath Streets in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on March 2, 2012, to criminally tampering with a
required monitoring method. Nupro's pretreatment permits with the city required Nupro to monitor the pol-
lutants in its industrial wastewater by taking representative samples of its wastewater and submitting the sam-
ples for testing of specified pollutants, such as pH and ethylbenzene. From 2006 to June 2007, Nupro wa-
tered down the samples, making the samples non-representative, in order to dilute the pollutants and appear
to be in compliance with the pollutant limits under the permits. In addition to probation and the fine, the court
ordered Nupro to undertake a $25,000 community service project as designated by the Philadelphia Water
Department, and they were ordered to implement an Environmental Compliance and Ethics Plan as a condi-
tion of probation. Under the Plan, Nupro agreed to address and correct its
environmental problems, to designate employees to be responsible for en-
vironmental issues and compliance at Nupro, and to annually train all of its
employees on environmental compliance. Nupro was further ordered to
publish, in an appropriate trade journal and a local newspaper, advertise-
ments describing Nupro's conduct, conviction, and sentence, remedial
steps taken to prevent reoccurrence, and to provide information to other
| regulated entities about how to avoid similar prosecution.
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 years in Federal Prison for Clean Air Act Violations involving Asbestos
On July 25, 2012, DUANE "BUTCH" O'MALLEY, I
was sentenced to 10 years in prison, the payment of ap-1
proximately $47,000 in restitution, and a $15,000 fine.
He was also sentenced to three years supervised release.
O'Malley was convicted by a federal jury on September |
26, 2011, for the illegal removal, handling and disposal
of asbestos from a Kankakee building in August 2009.
O'Malley was charged in June 2010 with five felony
violations of the Clean Air Act, along with Michael J.
Pinski, and James A. Mikrut. Pinski entered a plea of
guilty on August 19, 2011, to one count of violation of
the Clean Air Act; Mikrut pled guilty on August 24,
2011, to five counts of violating the Act. Sentencing for O'Malley and his workers filled these garbage bags with
Pinski and Mikrut has not yet been scheduled. During asbestos insulation they removed from pipes and dumped
them in an open field, resulting in soil contamination.
O Malley s trial, which began on September 21, 2011,
the government presented evidence that O'Malley, owner and operator of Origin Fire Protection, was hired
by Pinski in August 2009 to remove asbestos-containing insulation from pipes in a five-story building that
was owned by Pinski through his company, Dearborn Management, Inc. Neither O'Malley nor anyone in
his company was trained to perform the asbestos removal work. O'Malley agreed to remove the asbestos
insulation for an amount that was substantially less than a trained asbestos abatement contractor would have
charged to perform the work. Furthermore, O'Malley arranged for Mikrut to recruit and oversee workers to
remove the asbestos.
The government's evidence showed that various provisions of the Clean Air Act and EPA regula-
tions were violated, including: failure to properly notify EPA; failure to have trained on-site representatives
present; failure to ensure the asbestos insulation was adequately wetted while it was being stripped and re-
moved; failure to mark vehicles used to transport the asbestos-containing waste material; and, failure to de-
posit the asbestos in a waste disposal site for asbestos. Instead, the asbestos insulation was stripped from the
pipes while dry, and then placed in more than 100 large, unlabeled plastic garbage bags, which were dumped
in an open field in Hopkins Park, resulting in asbestos contamination of the soil. At the sentencing hearing,
the government presented evidence that the manner in which the asbestos had been removed from the build-
ing had exposed the workers hired by O'Malley to dangerous asbestos-laden dust, which endangered their
health.
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Singapore Ship Engineers Sentenced to Crimes Related to Pollution From Cargo Ship Traveling to
Alabama On July 26, 2012, two Singapore
ship engineers were sentenced for violations
of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Chief Engineer PAYONGYUT VONGVI-
CHUANKUL was sentenced to six months
home confinement, but was credited with
time served for the 10 months he was de-
tained in Mobile, Alabama. He was placed
on probation for a term of a year and ordered
to pay a $100 special assessment. No fine
was levied because he has no ability to pay.
On the same day, Second Engineer PAK-
POOM HANPRAP was sentenced to one Spool pipe used to connect the bilge system to the ballast system on the
ship, which allowed the crew to bypass the Oil Water Separator and dis-
year probation, a $100 special assessment, charge oily waste overboard.
and no fine. Both were ordered to leave the
country in 14 days or less. They discharged and caused the overboard discharge of oily bilge waste from the
M,V Gaurav Prem on multiple occasions as the vessel sailed from South Korea to Mobile in 2011. The dis-
charges were not recorded in the vessel's oil record book as required. The deliberate overboard discharges of
oily waste were accomplished through the ship's fixed bilge piping system and by using the ship's general
service pump in a manner that intentionally bypassed required pollution prevention equipment.
Target Ship Management Pte. Ltd., operator of the M/V Gaurav Prem, pleaded guilty on May 30,
2012, to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships for failing to properly maintain an oil record
book as required by federal and international law, and for making material false statements during a U.S.
Coast Guard inspection of the ship at the port of Mobile in September 2011. The company was sentenced to
pay a $1 million criminal fine along with a $200,000 community service payment to the National Fish &
Wildlife Foundation. Target was also sentenced to three years probation. As a condition of the probation,
ships operated or managed by Target that will or may call on the United States, are required to submit an en-
vironmental compliance plan supervised by outside auditors and the court.
The ship's captain, Prastana Taohim, was convicted at a jury trial on May 17, 2012, for obstructing
the Coast Guard's inspection for similar but unrelated charges. At trial, it was found that Taohim ordered the
ship's chief officer to throw hundreds of plastic pipes into the ocean and not record the discharge in the
ship's garbage record book as required. Taohim then knowingly made the garbage record book with the de-
liberate omissions available during the Coast Guard inspection on September 21, 2011. The plastic pipes had
previously contained insecticide and were used to fumigate a grain shipment. The jury also found him guilty
of obstruction of justice related to covering up the pollu-
tion by creating a false and fictitious garbage log. He is
scheduled to be sentenced on August 15, 2012. This in-
vestigation was conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard In-
vestigative Service and the U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency Criminal Investigation Division. Additional
assistance was provided by the Coast Guard Sector Mo-
(bile and U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District Legal Office.
The case was prosecuted by the Department of Justice's
Environmental Crimes Section and the U.S. Attorney's
Office for the Southern District of Alabama.
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Greek Shipowners to Pay $1.2 Million Fine for Dumping Oil Wastes On July 25, 2012, ODYSEA
CARRIERS, S.A., an Athens, Greece-based shipping
firm, was sentenced in federal court in the Eastern Dis-
trict of Louisiana to pay a $1.2 million fine and be placed
on three years probation after pleading guilty on March
8, 2012 to illegally discharging oily waste into the ocean
and covering up the illegal actions. The charges stem
from an investigation into the actions of the M/V Poly-
neos, a 37,623 gross ton ocean-going bulk carrier owned
by Odysea, which docked at the Port of New Orleans on
October 12, 2011. According to court records, engine
The M/V Polyneos room crew members used a hose to pump the contents of
the ship's bilge tank, bilge oil tank and sludge tank directly overboard from at least June 8, 2011.
PEDRO GUERRERRO, chief engineer of the Polyneos, covered up the discharges by falsifying
the vessel's oil record book, where all such discharges are supposed to be accurately recorded. Guerrerro
also made false entries indicating an incinerator was used to burn the oil waste and sludge "with the intent
to conceal from Coast Guard authorities that dumping had occurred." On February 15, 2012, Guerrerro
pled guilty to making and using a false document, the oil record book. He was sentenced on May 2, 2012
to three years supervised probations and ordered to pay a $2,000 criminal fine.
The $1.2 million fine includes a $100,000 community service payment to the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, which will be used in Louisiana. Odysea also is required to implement an Environ-
mental Compliance Plan to ensure all of its ships comply with maritime environmental rules, and that the
company's employees, including ship crews, are properly trained in preventing maritime pollution. An
independent monitor will submit reports to the court detailing Odysea's compliance with its environ-
mental obligations during the three year probation period.
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Barge Owner Pleads Guilty to Water Crimes
The Davy Crockett, shown in an aerial view last March, was sur-
rounded by a cofferdam and dismantled in place.
On July 12, 2012, BRET A. SIMPSON, owner of Prin-
ciple Metals, LLC, pled guilty in federal dis-
trict court for the Western District of Wash-
ington to two criminal violations of the Clean
Water Act, specifically, failing to report a
discharge of oil, and unlawfully discharging
oil into the Columbia River. Simpson admit-
ted he was informed about oil that was left
inside the Davy Crockett barge while he was
conducting salvage operations, but he did not
have the oil removed before workers started
cutting up the metal barge. Failure to report
the offense is punishable by up to five years
in prison; the unlawful discharge is punish-
able by up to one year in prison. Sentencing
is scheduled for October 12.
When the first oil spill occurred in De-
cember 2010, Simpson failed to notify authorities and he failed to take any affirmative steps to monitor the
vessel or to protect it from natural forces that could exacerbate the spill and potentially cause additional
structural damage. Subsequent spills in January 2011 led U.S. Coast Guard investigators to identify the
Davy Crockett as the source and to initiate a federally funded cleanup effort. The Coast Guard ultimately
spent eight months and approximately $20 million working with environmental authorities to clean up the
oil spill and remove the derelict barge from the river.
The Davy Crockett is a former U.S. Navy ship that was converted to a flat deck barge. Simpson's
company planned to cut it apart and sell the metal for scrap. He assembled a crew to do the job but made
no arrangements to remove the fuel oil and diesel fuel from the vessel before the scrapping operation began.
In December 2010, a member of the scrapping crew cut into a structural beam of the barge and the ship be-
gan breaking apart and leaking oil. Neither Simpson nor anyone with his company notified authorities
about the leak.
Simpson initially addressed the oil release by ceasing all scrapping operations, procuring a boom to
limit the release, and directing an employee to monitor vessel conditions. The employee did so for about a
week before being relieved of his employment. Simpson took no further steps to monitor the ship or to pro-
tect it from further structural damage. In January 2011, an accumulation of debris next to the barge forced
it to move and additional oil was released. The
Coast Guard issued an administrative order to re-
move any remaining visible oil from machinery
spaces and deck tubes together with other salvage
debris from the vessel. Simpson complied and
authorities believed the barge no longer posed an
environmental danger. However, on January 27,
2011, additional oil was released and state and
federal authorities immediately responded in an
effort to limit environmental damage.
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Louisiana Dry Cleaning Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Negligent Waste Water Discharge - On July
31, 2012, JASON PREJEAN, of Lafayette, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court on behalf of himself
and ONE LOW PRICE CLEANERS (OLPC) to violating a local pre-treatment program by negligently
causing and allowing the discharge of hazardous waste into a publicly owned treatment works or sewer sys-
tem. Prejean violated an approved local pre-treatment program maintained by Lafayette Utility System,
which requires all users of the sewer system to obtain a permit to discharge industrial wastes into the utility's
publicly owned treatment works. OLPC was never issued a permit to discharge any amounts of PERC into
the sewer system.
Prejean, owner of OLPC, admitted that he acted negligently in failing to ensure the proper and lawful
disposal of waste waters containing PERC and that he failed to train OLPC employees on the proper and
lawful disposal of PERC waste. Dry cleaners are required by law to contract with a permitted hazardous
waste company to dispose of the PERC lawfully. Prejean also admitted that he had not used a disposal com-
pany since February 2007. Investigations conducted by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division and Louisi-
ana Department of Environmental Quality revealed that from December 2007 through May 2009, PERC was
being improperly stored on-site and that OLPC and employees routinely poured PERC wastewaters down the
toilet inside the store. Due to misrepresentations by an OLPC employee, agents did not discover that em-
ployees had been storing PERC in unapproved Rubbermaid containers until May 28, 2009, the second day of
an emergency response to detect and determine the source of the hazardous fumes. During the emergency
response and investigation on May 27 and 28, 2009, citizens and employees of adjacent businesses were
evacuated, and some were medically treated due to reported symptoms from the exposure of PERC fumes.
Responders from the Louisiana State Police Emergency Services Unit, Louisiana Department of Environ-
mental Quality, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, the Lafayette Utility Service, and the U.S.
Army National Guard 62nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, arrived on scene and re-
mained there for three days. Traces of the hazardous substance, PERC, were located in adjacent businesses
due to the fact that OLPC shared a common sewer system with these businesses. Test results also revealed
the presence of PERC at the junction in which sewer waters from OLPC enters the city sewer system.
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Texas Refinery Admits of Negligently Releasing Hazardous Air Pollutants On July 17, 2012, TEAM
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. (Team), which
provided leak detection and repair services at a refin-
ery near Borger, Texas, admitted in federal district
court for the Northern District of Texas that it negli-
gently released hazardous pollutants into the ambient
air, placing people in danger of death or serious bodily
injury. According to plea documents, Team employ-
ees at the refinery knowingly failed to follow required
protocols while conducting emissions monitoring of certain refinery components. They also manipulated
testing data to falsely represent emissions monitoring events that were not performed. A Team supervisor
knew the emissions monitoring data was false yet, along with another employee, they altered the emissions
monitoring database to falsely represent emissions monitoring events to EPA and the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
As part of its plea agreement, Team agreed to develop and implement an environmental compliance
plan that specifically addresses its leak detection and reporting activities to achieve appropriate compliance
with the Clean Air Act's leak detection and repair regulations. It also acknowledges that its facility in Bor-
ger will be placed on EPA's list of violating facilities and will, therefore, be ineligible for any federally
funded contracts, grants, or loans, until it is removed from the list. No sentencing date has been set.
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Asgard Associates Pleads Guilty to Illegal Hazardous Waste Storage
On July 18, 2012, ASGARD ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Dela-
ware corporation, pleaded guilty in federal district court for the
Southern District of California to unlawfully storing hazardous
waste. Asgard admitted responsibility for maintaining chemi-
cals and biological agents in a laboratory in San Diego that
posed a threat of imminent and identifiable harm to the public
health and safety.
The company knew that between January 26, 2010 and
March 18, 2010, numerous containers of chemicals were stored
at its laboratory in lieu of disposal, and that some of the chemi-
cals (stored without a permit) had the potential to pose a sub-
stantial risk to human health and the environment. Neverthe-
less, Asgard refused to provide funds for the disposal of these
hazardous chemicals. Because of this failure, the San Diego
County Department of Environmental Health Services (DEH)
spent $8,693 conducting inspections and sampling the chemi-
cals on May 6, 2010, and June 10, 2010. On August 13, 2010,
the U.S. EPA conducted a clean-up (under the authority of
Superfund), that included over 2,500 containers of hazardous
chemicals. These chemicals had to be "detonated" by the EPA
and the San Diego Fire Department Bomb Squad as they were
too unstable for safe transport. The direct costs of the clean-up
to EPA were $167,718.68.
In its felony plea, Asgard Associates agreed to repay the
costs incurred by the EPA and DEH and further agreed that an
employee, Michael Conrad, will perform 240 hours of commu-
nity service. The plea is subject to final acceptance by the court
at sentencing. Sentencing is scheduled for September 17, 2012.
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Abandoned chemicals found at Asgard laboratory
Abandonedpetri dishes containing bacteria
Abandoned open chemicals and equipment
Correction for the June 2012 bulletin It was mistakenly reported in the June 2012 bulletin that OHIO
VALLEY COAL COMPANY (OVCC) pleaded guilty on June 28, 2012 in federal district court for the
Southern District of Ohio to criminal violations of the Clean Water Act arising from two coal slurry release
incidents that polluted Captina Creek in Belmont County, Ohio. However this plea agreement actually oc-
curred on July 13, 2012. We apologize for this error.
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Indictments/Informations (Back to Quick Links)
Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services
Former President of Texas Company Indicted for Employee Deaths and Environmental Violations -
On July 18, 2012, PORT ARTHUR CHEMICAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC
(PACES) and its former president MATTHEW L.
BOWMAN were charged with conspiracy to ille-
gally transport hazardous materials, resulting in the
deaths of two employees, in an indictment handed
down by a federal grand jury in Beaumont, Texas,
The 13 count indictment describes a scheme in which
hazardous materials were transported illegally with
false documents and without placards, and where
workers were not properly protected from exposure
to hazardous gases. The exposure resulted in the
deaths of two employees, who were truck drivers, at
the PACES facility on Dec. 18, 2008, and April 14, 2009. Both deaths are attributed to exposure to hydro-
gen sulfide.
The defendants were charged with a conspiracy to violate the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Uniform Safety Act (HMTUSA) and two counts of failure to implement appropriate controls to protect em-
ployees from exposure to hydrogen sulfide in violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administra-
tion Act. They are also charged with transportation of hazardous materials without placards and with false
documents in violation of HMTUSA, violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and mak-
ing false statements.
According to the indictment, Bowman was presi-
dent and owner of PACES, located in Port Arthur,
Texas, and CES Environmental Services (CES) located
in Houston. PACES was in operation from approxi-
mately November 2008 to November 2010, and was in
the business of producing and selling caustic materials to
paper mills. The production of caustic materials involved
hydrogen sulfide, which is classified as a poisonous gas
by HMTUSA. According to the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, hydrogen sulfide is an
acute toxic substance that is the leading cause of sudden
death in the workplace. Employers are required by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to implement engineering and safety controls to
prevent employees from exposure above harmful limits.
Bowman was responsible for, among other duties, approving and directing PACES production op-
erations, the disposal of hydrogen sulfide wastewater, employee safety precautions, directing the transpor-
tation of PACES wastewater, and determining what safety equipment could be purchased or maintained.
Both PACES and CES have filed for bankruptcy. The conspiracy and substantive counts of the indictment
each carry a maximum possible sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000, and a $500,000
maximum fine for the corporation.
The allegations in the indictment are mere accusations and all persons are presumed innocent unless
and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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