Distillery hit with criminal charges over waste dumping 18th January, 2021 by Nicola Carruthers
Virginia-based Filibuster Distillery has been charged with 115 counts of violating environmental state laws, including the alleged dumping of more than 40,000 gallons of industrial waste into a river.
A stream in Virginia’s Shenandoah County has been allegedly filled with industrial waste from a distillery
Filibuster Distillery has been indicted with 115 counts after a two-year investigation by Shenandoah County’s fire marshal Dave Ferguson and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
The charges were given to Filibuster Distillery, Filibuster Barrels, and Filibuster founder Sid Dilawri, by a grand jury and are the first criminal indictments related to environmental violations brought by the state’s office of the attorney general and the DEQ.
EPA and NASA Enter Agreement on Cleanup of NASA Wallops Flight Facility Site
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PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 15, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a consent order today to address contamination at the Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) areas of the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Site, Accomack County, Virginia. Under the terms of the consent order, NASA will perform the following response actions with EPA oversight:
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study to determine the nature and extent of contamination at the site and explore possible remedies.
Proposed Remedial Action Plans to give the public an opportunity to comment on remedial options preferred by EPA and NASA.
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A Virginia distillery and its executive have been indicted on 115 mostly felony charges of violating state water laws, the first criminal charges brought by the state for environmental violations, Virginia's attorney general announced Friday.