Labels:text | screenshot | black and white | font | number | black OCR: Grand Jury Indicts Jacksonville Company Page 69 DC, 1-14/US Newswire: A federal grand jury in Jacksonville, FL, has returned a 3-count indictment charging a Jacksonville, FL, corporation & the company's principals with federal environmental violations relating to the treatment & disposal of hazardous waste. Those indicted are: Plas-Chem Coatings Inc ., 5220 New Kings Road; Wilmer Rowe, age 50, the owner of Plas-Chem; & Danny Jones, age 38, the general manager of Plas-Chem. If convicted, each individual faces a maximum possible sentence of up to 25 years imprisonment, fines totaling $750,000, or both. Plas-Chem Coatings Inc ., which manufactures & sells paints & coatings, could be fined up to $1.5 million. The indictment alleges that Rowe, Jones & Plas-Chem violated the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act between summer of 1991 & 3-18-92, by directing Plas-Chem employees to transport paint wastes, & sludges to a warehouse at 144 Watts St, Jacksonville, FL The indictment charges that these substances, which constitute toxic & ingnitable hazardous wastes, were dumped out on the warehouse floor. Allegedly, the wastes were later scraped up, placed in 55-gallon drums, & stored without a permit at the Plas-Chem facility on New Kings Road in violation of federal law. The indictment also charges that the defendants stored & disposed of hazardous wastes by placing toxic & ignitable paint wastes in a dumpster at 5220 New Kings Road.
(.png)
