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By James L. Curtis, Meagan Newman, and Anne D. Harris

A federal judge sentenced the former president of a Port Arthur, Texas chemical company to one year in prison and ordered him to pay fines in the amount of $5,000 for violations of the OSH Act and making a false statement.

Matthew Lawrence Bowman, the former president and owner…
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By Andrew H. Perellis

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld, in United States v. Long, No. 09-1863 (6th Cir., December 2, 2011), the criminal conspiracy conviction of an industrial waste treatment facility plant manager. In April 2009 the District Court had sentenced the defendant to two concurrent prison terms of twenty-four months. The defendant appealed his…

Continue Reading Plant Manager Gets Two Years Prison Sentence for Clean Water Act Criminal Conspiracy