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DELAWARE COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATION AT LOUISIANA FACILITY
Release Date: 03/03/2000
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2000
DELAWARE COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO CLEAN
WATER ACT VIOLATION AT LOUISIANA FACILITY
WATER ACT VIOLATION AT LOUISIANA FACILITY
International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT), based in Delaware, pleaded guilty on Feb. 23 to violating the Clean Water Act. IMTT owns and operates a tank farm terminal that stores a variety of oils and other substances in St. Rose, La. The defendant admitted that between August 1996 and August 1998 it intentionally took stormwater discharge samples at places other than those required in its discharge permit. These samples did not adequately measure the discharge from the tank farm and these improper samples were then falsely submitted to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) as legitimate samples. The plea agreement calls for the defendant to pay a $400,000 fine, $400,000 in restitution, serve five years probation and develop annual training for its employees concerning applicable environmental laws. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the FBI, the Coast Guard Investigative Services, the Louisiana State Police and LDEQ. The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney in New Orleans.
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