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HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER PLEADS GUILTY

Release Date: 06/27/97
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HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTER PLEADS GUILTY

Syvalia Satterfield, Silver Spring, Md., and Atlanta, Ga. pleaded guilty in
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on June 18, to one count of
knowingly storing hazardous dry cleaning waste at an unpermitted facility in
Maryland in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and one count
of knowingly storing hazardous waste at two unpermitted facilities in the District
of Columbia.   Satterfield operated a hazardous waste transporting business known as
Growth Enterprises Inc. (Growth) which he represented it to be a licensed transporter
of hazardous waste.  Satterfield took spent dry cleaning solvents (tetrachloroethylene
or perchloroethylene) and transported them without a license to unpermitted facilities.  
According to the plea agreement, Satterfield faces a maximum of up to five years
imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $250,000.  The plea agreement also recommends
that he make restitution to persons and agencies who were required to properly
dispose of the wastes he improperly stored. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal
Investigation Division, the FBI, the Maryland Department of the Environment and the
Maryland State Police.