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PA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SUPERINTENDENT PLEADS GUILTY
Release Date: 06/27/97
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1997
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SUPERINTENDENT PLEADS GUILTY
William H. Grim, former plant superintendent of the Bethlehem Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bethlehem, Pa, pleaded guilty on June 19, to three counts of violating the Clean Water Act in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Pa. The offenses occurred between July 1993 and April 1994. Grim admitted to holding samples of wastewater discharged from the plant longer than allowed by the plant’s discharge permit before testing was conducted for fecal coliform bacteria and biological oxygen demand, failing to notify either the state of Pennsylvania or EPA that the holding time requirement was being violated, and falsely reporting on Discharge Monitoring Reports that the testing was being conducted on a daily basis. When sentenced, Grim faces a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment, a maximum fine of $300,000 and a maximum of three years supervised release. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division.
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