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I am so happy to see him being held accountable. Not sure about other
states, but do know that Michigan has a lot of issues with these types
of things.
Monique
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Monique Wilhelm, M.S., NRCC Certified CHO
ACS CHAS Secretary|2017 CERM E. Ann Nalley Award Recipient
Laboratory Manager|Adjunct Lecturer|Chemistry Club Advisor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry|University of Michigan-Flint
Emaill: mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**umich.edu
Monique
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Monique Wilhelm, M.S., NRCC Certified CHO
ACS CHAS Secretary|2017 CERM E. Ann Nalley Award Recipient
Laboratory Manager|Adjunct Lecturer|Chemistry Club Advisor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry|University of Michigan-Flint
Emaill: mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**umich.edu
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 4:29 PM DCHAS Membership Chair
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> https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2020-03/documents/dec2019-jan2020.pdf
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> Chemist Sentenced for Illegally Abandoning Laboratory Full of Hazardous Chemicals in St. Clair County, Illinois
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> On December 6, 2019, Lawrence D. Rutledge, 57, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to five years of federal probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $335,934.87 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for clean-up expenses associated with his illegal storage of hazardous waste in St. Clair County, Illinois. Rutledge pleaded guilty to the charge in July, 2019.
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> In 1997, Rutledge started a business called Advanced Asymmetrics, Inc., to synthesize specialty chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry. The business was located inside a commercial building at 109 South Kossuth Street in Millstadt, Illinois, in close proximity to a residential area and a senior living home. Over time, Rutledge accumulated numerous containers of chemicals and chemical waste at the Millstadt facility. Sometime around 2011, Rutledge stopped paying the county property taxes on the Millstadt facility, and over the next few years, the electrical service and the water service (both water supply and sewer) to the facility were shut off.
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> In August 2015, employees of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (‰??Illinois EPA‰??) and the U.S. EPA entered the facility and discovered hundreds of containers with labels indicating the presence of acids, caustics, and other chemicals, as well as hazardous waste. Some of the metal containers had rusted, and crystallization had started to occur on metal surfaces. Some had even fallen over and broken open. Sodium cyanide, which is extremely toxic, was stored within one inch of a container containing acid, presenting the potential formation of cyanide gas. Investigators also discovered a container labelled as a shock-sensitive picric acid, which is highly explosive.
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> ‰??The defendant‰??s abandonment of hazardous chemicals created a highly dangerous situation,‰?? said Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Martinez of EPA‰??s criminal enforcement program in Illinois. ‰??Companies should take notice that EPA and our law enforcement partners will enforce our hazardous waste laws that protect our communities and the environment.‰?? The investigation was conducted by the EPA‰??s Criminal Investigation Division and the Illinois EPA ‰?? Collinsville Field Office. The case was prosecuted by a DOJ litigation team.
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