CITGO PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATION IN LOUISIANA
September 17, 2008
September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following press release:
CITGO, a Delaware corporation, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to pay a $13 million fine for the negligent discharge of pollutants into two rivers in Louisiana in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Justice Department announced. The $13 million fine is the largest ever for a criminal misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act.
CITGO pleaded guilty in U.S. . . .
CITGO, a Delaware corporation, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to pay a $13 million fine for the negligent discharge of pollutants into two rivers in Louisiana in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Justice Department announced. The $13 million fine is the largest ever for a criminal misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act.
CITGO pleaded guilty in U.S. . . .