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Five sentenced for disabling emissions control devices The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania sentenced John Joseph, Gavin Rexer, Joseph Powell, Dennis Paulhamus and Timothy Sweitzer each to one year of probation and a $100 assessment for conspiring to defraud the United States and violating the Clean Air Act. Joseph, Rexer and Powell were also sentenced to 50 hours of community service, Paulhamus received a $15,000 fine, and Sweitzer was fined $10,000. Rexer, Powell, and Joseph were employed by Rockwater Northeast, a company that serviced the fracking industry....

From PennLive WILLIAMSPORT — An energy firm that services the natural gas fields in central and western Pennsylvania has been fined $2 million for 31 violations of the Clean Air Act. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann on Tuesday levied the fine after Rockwater Northeast admitted to the violations. He also imposed a special assessment of $12,500 for violating the Clean Air Act. In a related matter, the government and Select Energy Services Inc., which purchased Rockwater in 2017 in a stock deal, has entered a three-year non-prosecution agreement. Select, a Texas company with more t...