Historical DEP Conviction for Environmental Crimes Revealed in City Records
What happened
Newly released city records show that the Department of Environmental Protection pleaded guilty to two environmental crimes, including one felony, in 2001. The department admitted to discharging mercury-contaminated water into a tributary of an upstate New York reservoir and violating the Toxic Substances Control Act using PCB-contaminated machines in a water supply facility in Westchester County.
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Why it matters
The violations involved discharging toxic substances into a reservoir that supplied the city’s tap water. As a condition of probation, the department was required to implement a compliance program and submit to oversight by a court-appointed monitor.
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Who's involved
- City of New YorkThe municipal government whose agency, the Department of Environmental Protection, was convicted of environmental crimes
Possible ripples
Who this could reach next, traced step by step from the reporting. Possibilities worth considering, not forecasts.- New York City may face risk from DEP sewage dischargeNew York City faces plausible reputational and regulatory risk from DEP sewage discharge into East RiverPossible
- How could the sewage discharge into the East River affect Letitia James?The sewage discharge into the East River may trigger an investigation by the Attorney GeneralPossible
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The entities involved
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East River
river in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - Geonames ID = 5946041
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New York
state of the United States of America