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OH: Prison Time for Illegal Dumping

Written by Greg Russell | Aug 7, 2014 10:36:17 AM

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that an Ohio brine hauler will be serving time in prison for dumping brine down a stormwater drain.  "The owner of a northeastern Ohio business that collected and stored toxic fluids from oil- and gas-drilling operations was sentenced yesterday in Cleveland to 28 months in federal prison and fined $25,000."