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PA HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER PLEADS GUILTY
Release Date: 06/27/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1997
HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER PLEADS GUILTY
Syvalia Satterfield, Silver Spring, Md., and Atlanta, Ga. pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on June 18, to one count of knowingly storing hazardous dry cleaning waste at an unpermitted facility in Maryland in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and one count of knowingly storing hazardous waste at two unpermitted facilities in the District of Columbia. Satterfield operated a hazardous waste transporting business known as Growth Enterprises Inc. (Growth) which he represented it to be a licensed transporter of hazardous waste. Satterfield took spent dry cleaning solvents (tetrachloroethylene or perchloroethylene) and transported them without a license to unpermitted facilities. According to the plea agreement, Satterfield faces a maximum of up to five years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $250,000. The plea agreement also recommends that he make restitution to persons and agencies who were required to properly dispose of the wastes he improperly stored. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the FBI, the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland State Police.
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