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Company: Mazza & Sons Inc.
Current Parent Company: Mazza & Sons Inc.
Penalty: $594,000
Year: 2013
Date: June 19, 2013
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description: Cross Nicastro, Dominick Mazza, and his company, Mazza & Sons Inc., were sentenced and yesterday in federal court in Utica, N.Y., for conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act, Superfund statute, and to defraud the United States by illegally dumping thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris on a 28-acre piece of property on the Mohawk River in upstate New York. In addition, the Mazza defendants were also sentenced on charges of obstructing justice and making false statements to law enforcement. U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd sentenced Dominick Mazza to 51 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, to pay a $75,000 criminal fine and $492,000 in restitution. In addition, Judge Hurd sentenced Mazza & Sons Inc., to pay a $100,000 criminal fine and $494,000 in restitution and cleanup costs, and imposed five years corporate probation.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New Jersey
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: demolition services
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