LOS ANGELES-A man who pleaded guilty to illegally transporting and storing perchloroethylene was sentenced Jan.25 to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay 1.29 million in restitution for cleanup costs(United States v.Kahoolyzadeh,C.D.Cal.,No.021089,1/25/06).According to the U.S.attorney for the Central District of California,Behzad Kahoolyzadeh was a associated with AAD Distribution,"one of the largest handlers of dry cleaning waste in California until it was shut down in January 2001."That company handled the pickup and disposal of perchloroethylene,a cancer-causing chemical used in dry cleaning processes and,according to the U.S.attorney's statement.The statement called perchloroethylene"the number one contaminant of groundwater in Southern California."Kahoolyzadeh pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal transportation of hazardous waste,two counts of illegal storage of that waste,and one count of conspiring to do so in March 2004.
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