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PA CONNECTICUT METAL FINISHER FINED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
Release Date: 05/09/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1997
CONNECTICUT METAL FINISHER FINED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES
James J. Scalise, of New Britain, Conn. and Frey Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Frey), a metal finishing company, were indicted in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Conn., on May 2, on three counts of violating the Clean Water Act. Frey Manufacturing and Scalise, owner and operator, both pleaded guilty to discharging wastewater containing excessive amounts of cyanide and acid into New Britain's sewer system between November 1993 and April 1995; operating without a permit; and making false monitoring reports to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. Scalise was sentenced to six months home confinement, three years probation and a $15,000 fine. Frey Manufacturing was placed on probation for five years and fined $25,000.
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