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April 30, 2008
Largest Fine For Ocean Pollution in the Northwest History
The National Navigation Company (NNC) pleaded guilty yesterday, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, to 15 felony charges involving concealing deliberate vessel pollution, the Justice Department announced.
The company, based in Cairo, Egypt, admitted to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and making false statements to federal officials.
The case involved the dumping of waste oil, including sludge, from six vessels, and although the charges were consolidated in Oregon, Seattle and New Orleans also were harmed.
The court sentenced NNC to pay a total monetary penalty of $7.25 million. This was the largest fine ever for a case involving the falsification of ship logs to conceal deliberate pollution from ships in the Pacific Northwest.
"The National Navigation Company is paying a steep fine for breaking environmental laws and will be required to implement a fleet-wide environmental compliance plan to ensure their future compliance," said Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. "Today's multi-district prosecution is part of the Justice Department's ongoing initiative to detect and deter those who illegally discharge pollution from ships into the ocean and lie about it," as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at April 30, 2008 02:31 PM
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