Clean Water Act Violations to Cost San Francisco Bay Area Firm $5 Million

摘要

A federal court Sept. 1 ordered an Antioch, Calif, -based company that makes prefabricated concrete products to pay $5 million for illegally discharging contaminated wastewater into the San Joaquin River (United States v. Kie-Con Inc., N.D. Cal., No. CR 10-0934, 9/1/11). At a sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Kie-Con Inc., a division of Kiewet Pacific Co., pleaded guilty to one count of negligently violating the federal Clean Water Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a written statement.