Singapore company to pay $1.2M fine for pollution

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Singapore company to pay $1.2M fine for pollution

Mar 5, 2014 - 01:52 GMT
ompany agrees to pay $1.2M fine

HARTFORD, Connecticut — A Singapore-based company has agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine for violating a pollution law.
Federal authorities said Tuesday that Odfjell Asia II Pte Ltd. and one of its senior crew members pleaded guilty Monday in Hartford for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Prosecutors say the company operated a petroleum/chemical tanker ship which discharged machinery space bilge water three times in international waters between October 2011 and October 2012.
A plea agreement, if accepted by the court, calls for the company to pay a $1.2 million criminal penalty, including $300,000 to fund projects to preserve and restore Long Island Sound.
The crew member, 42-year-old Ramil Leuterio, a citizen of the Philippines, faces up to six years in prison when he is sentenced May 14.


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