Environmental Fraud
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November 17, 2014
New York environmental remediation firm Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. agreed to pay more than $2.7M to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Act by accepting kickbacks, rigging bids and passing inflated charges to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in connection with work performed at the Federal Creosote Superfund Site in Manville, New Jersey. According to the government, Sevenson solicited and accepted more than $1.6M in kickbacks from six companies in exchange for the award of subcontracts for work at the Federal Creosote Site. DOJNovember 3, 2014
South Korea’s top two automakers Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation agreed to pay a $100 million civil penalty to settle charges they violated the Clean Air Act by selling more than one million vehicles that will emit roughly 4.75 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in excess of what they certified to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is the largest civil penalty in Clean Air Act history.Whistleblower InsiderAugust 27, 2014
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) agreed to pay $1.3 million and take corrective actions to settle government charges of releasing harmful levels of hazardous substances in the Kanawha River in West Virginia in violation of the Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. DOJ AugustAugust 26, 2014
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (ExxonMobil) agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle charges it violated the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2012 crude oil spill from ExxonMobil’s “North Line” pipeline near Torbert, Louisiana. DOJJuly 16, 2014
North Carolina based recycling business, P&W Waste Oil Services, was ordered to pay restitution of more than $21M for clean-up costs associated with the environmental contamination caused by the company’s unlawful handling and dilution of used oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). DOJApril 3, 2014
Kerr-McGee Corp. and its parent Anadarko Petroleum agreed to pay $5.15B to settle charges that Kerr-McGee fraudulently conveyed assets to evade liability for environmental clean-up at contaminated sites around the country. It is the DOJ’s largest environmental enforcement recovery on record.DOJTop-5 DOJ Environmental Fraud Settlements For 2015
Posted 01/6/16
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Here is our look-back at the top-5 DOJ settlements for environmental fraud or misconduct for 2015.
5. PECHINEY PLASTIC -- Pechiney Plastic Packaging Inc. agreed to pay roughly $29.5 million and perform cleanup work of about $62.5 million in connection with contaminated soil and groundwater at the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in New...
In Their Own Words -- Dan Collins
Posted 12/22/15
-- "IT READS LIKE A JOHN GRISHAM NOVEL. IT’S SO REMARKABLE. . . . IT WAS TOTAL OBSTRUCTION ONCE I UNCOVERED IT."
Dan Collins, who lost his contract with the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources as a land research consultant, after reporting his concerns that a state-funded dredging project violated environmental laws. Click here for more.2015 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate -- Hanford Whistleblower Dr. Walter Tamosaitis
Posted 12/21/15
By Marlene Koury
This "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Hanford whistleblower Dr. Walter Tamosaitis, one of our candidates for 2015 Whistleblower of the Year. Dr. Tamosaitis blew the whistle on shaky clean up plans at Hanford nuclear site in Washington. He was designing a way to immobilize millions of gallons of toxic and radioactive liquid waste when he discovered the Energy Department’s plans to treat the...