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Guilty plea from rodeo man in flouting of drinking-water law
This should make everyone's day. Did mine! Not mentioned in the article is the fact that Mr. Cervi is one of the biggest and most respected names in all of professional rodeo. He recently resigned from the board of the Colorado-based Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association in the wake of this debacle. Reportedly, the Environmental Protection Agency has been on his trail for nearly five years. I spoke with the EPA's Denver office (Region 8, I think it is) about this case. Mr.
Cervi reportedly will be sentenced in September, and could face jail time of up to three years, as well as a $250,000 fine. Should give a few horses and cattle a breather, for a spell.
Cervi reportedly will be sentenced in September, and could face jail time of up to three years, as well as a $250,000 fine. Should give a few horses and cattle a breather, for a spell.
*Guilty plea in flouting of drinking-water law*
By The Denver Post
DenverPost.com
The former owner of a Weld County business that recycles and disposes of oil-drilling waste pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to violating safe drinking-water laws.
Michael Eugene Cervi owned and operated Envirocycle, a business near LaSalle that processes waste water from oil-drilling operations, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
In November 1999, Cervi got a permit from Colorado's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to inject the waste water, which contains brine, into a deep underground water aquifer.
Brine contains a number of toxic compounds, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. The permit included a number of conditions, including one requiring the company to build and maintain a leak-detection system.
Cervi and employees of the business are accused of tampering with the detection system so leaks would not come to light.
In 2002, after another company bought the facility, the tampering was discovered. Contamination, which will cost an estimated $233,000 to clean up, also was found.
Cervi faces up to three years in prison.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2775126/ci_2765033
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