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PA WISCONSIN MAN PUT IN PRISON FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE

Release Date: 08/16/96
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PA WISCONSIN MAN PUT IN PRISON FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1996

WISCONSIN MAN TO SPEND THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS IN PRISON
AND PAY RESTITUTION FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE

On Aug. 13, Leo G. Kelly was sentenced to four concurrent terms of 41 months imprisonment and required to pay $6,242.85 in restitution as a result of a conviction by a federal jury on four counts of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Kelly, who operated companies under the names of Environmental Waste and Material Systems Inc., Environmental Services and Central Testing Services was in the business of removing underground petroleum storage tanks, disposing of waste materials from those tanks and conducting site remediation. He was convicted of unlawfully transporting and disposing of seventeen 55-gallon drums containing hazardous wastes including, benzene, lead, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene. Kelly was convicted of directing his employees to transport and illegally dispose of the drums at Winter Auto Salvage, a business in Winter, Wis., during 1990 and 1992. Upon his release, Kelly must pay restitution to the owner of Winter Salvage for damage done at the site due to the illegal waste disposal. The case was the result of a joint investigation conducted by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division and Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources.

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