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PA WASHINGTON STATE COMPANY AND FOUNDER SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Release Date: 02/20/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1998
WASHINGTON STATE COMPANY AND FOUNDER SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT
On Feb. 13, Thomas E. Iverson Sr., founder and former president of CH2O Inc., in Olympia, Wash., and CH20 were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma for violating the Clean Water Act. Iverson received one year in prison, three years supervised release and was ordered to pay a $75,000 fine. CH20 was placed on three years probation and was ordered to pay a fine of $150,000. CH2O produces boiler treatment chemicals, concentrated janitorial supplies and numerous other chemical products. During 1992 through 1995, CH2O employees illegally disposed of wash water from chemically contaminated drums. Four other CH20 employees await sentencing in this case. This prosecution was the result of a joint investigation by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division, the city of Olympia Police Department and the Washington State Department of Ecology with the assistance of EPA's National Enforcement Investigations Center.
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