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ILLINOIS FIRM EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY TO WATER LAW VIOLATIONS
Release Date: 01/14/2000
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 2000
ILLINOIS FIRM EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY
TO WATER LAW VIOLATIONS
TO WATER LAW VIOLATIONS
George Boud, Jr., of East Alton, Ill., Kevin A. Youngman of Highland, Ill., and Bruce W. Hendrickson, of Granite City, Ill., pleaded guilty on Jan. 6, by the U.S. District Court in East St. Louis to charges of conspiracy and violating the Clean Water Act. The defendants were employees of Industrial Fabrication and Repair Inc., a company that was privately owned by Ira S. Campbell, who was also the supervisor of maintenance at a copper smelter owned by Chemetco Inc., in Hartford, Ill. In 1986, Campbell directed the defendants to install a secret discharge pipe at Chemetco’s smelter. From September 1986 through September 1996 the pipe was used to discharge pollutants such as zinc, lead and cadmium into Long Lake, a tributary of the Mississippi River. In sufficient quantities, lead, zinc and cadmium can be harmful to fish and aquatic life and can make water unfit for consumption by humans, birds or wildlife. The discharge of these pollutants was done without a permit under the Clean Water Act. When sentenced, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison and/or a fine of up to $500,000. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police, and the Illinois EPA. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
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