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NEW YORK COMPANY, THREE OFFICERS PLEADED GUILTY TO WATER VIOLATIONS
Release Date: 08/20/2001
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FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2001
NEW YORK COMPANY, THREE OFFICERS
PLEADED GUILTY TO WATER VIOLATIONS
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818/hester.luke@epa.gov
PLEADED GUILTY TO WATER VIOLATIONS
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818/hester.luke@epa.gov
Martisco Paper Company, Inc., of Marcellus, N.Y., Darryl Meiers, president and owner of Martisco, and David Meiers, operations director at Martisco, both of Marcellus, N.Y., and Michael Dodrill of Syracuse, N.Y., Martisco’s Production Manager; all pleaded guilty on Aug.1 to violating the Clean Water Act. In their plea, the defendants admitted that over a period of 10 years they engaged in the illegal nighttime disposal of pollutants from the Martisco plant into Nine Mile Creek. Disposing of pollutants into surface waters can harm fish and wildlife and can make those waters unsuitable for recreation and drinking. If the plea is accepted by the court, Darryl Meiers would serve a year and a day in prison and contribute $2,500 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), David Meiers would serve a year and a day in prison and contribute $1,500 to the NFWF, Michael Dodrill would serve a year and a day in prison, and the Martisco Paper Company would serve three years probation and contribute $40,000 to the NFWF. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. It is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse, N.Y.
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