Ex-Coal Executive Found Guilty

[personal touch]

I've heard that H.R. MacMillan was of the same ilk in the lumber industry although maybe to a lesser degree.



Throw him in with Bernie Madoff!



Or make him live in the same town as all the widows he left.

i have found certain time frames and which politicol parties were in would dictate regulatory compliance,of course market agreements had influences on these compliances,as did other factors
direct relationships between governement and violators of public safety are easy to determine.
one thing i was able to identify when regulatory process's became watered down that individuals had difficult determing boundries and restrictions,vison became minimil and opportunites became great.Determining recipical agreements of individuals assist with movement at this point of auditing.
methods or means that corporations thought would only happen once or twice ends up becoming opportunities which out way restraint or manufacturing better regulatory process,corporate greed is worshipped and public safety is disregarded and viewed as interfering of free enterprise.
actually when greed reaches its towers of success,having opportunity at any fair process is nil,and by this point public regulatory process's are watered down to humilate the complaintive,all with the blessing of regulatory over sighters.
these process's are not fun,they are admiistered to collect information to disregard any form of compaints.
its a character thing.

 

[tay]

The former manager of a Raleigh County laboratory will spend two years in jail after he pleaded guilty for his role in what officials have described as a scheme to fake water pollution samples for West Virginia’s coal industry, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Irene Berger sentenced John Brewer, 62, to the maximum penalty allowed under a plea deal in which he admitted to one count of violating the federal Clean Water Act’s standards for collecting and submitting samples used to monitor whether mining operations comply with their pollution discharge permits.

Berger said the crime was a serious one that undermined a key part of the nation’s environmental protection program, put communities at risk and allowed companies to discharge excess pollution without fear of getting caught or facing any consequences.

Brewer pleaded guilty in October as part of a deal with prosecutors, admitting to one count of falsifying water sampling reports filed with the state Department of Environmental Protection, making him the second person to admit guilt in what prosecutors and Berger have indicated was a broad scheme to cover up coal company discharges that violated permit limits.

John W. Shelton, another former Appalachian Labs employee, was sentenced to 21 months after he agreed to a plea deal in which he admitted to a charge of conspiracy to violate the Clean Water Act. Shelton admitted that he diluted water samples, substituted water he knew to be clean -- taken from what he called a “honeyhole” known to have compliant water in it -- and did not keep water samples refrigerated, as required by state and federal rules.Brewer admitted that he and other lab employees often would backdate water samples to avoid having to take other samples at a time when they believed those other samples would reveal water quality violations.

Brewer said there were a lot of “misconceptions” about what he had done, but did not explain further in a brief statement to the court. “I did plead guilty, I stand by that, and I apologize,” Brewer told the judge.


Charleston Gazette-Mail | Water lab manager gets 2 years for faking reports

 

[Danbones]

That'd be a hell of a thing to have to live with.

I saw a special on the guy a few years ago
he did not seem to care

 

[personal touch]

Slum employers!
Anyone who does not invest in their employees safety are scum bags
They are also idiots
Collective voice is what intelligent mangers seek,makes their job easier
Takes employers out of the class of slum employer s
It is also up to businesses who contract to far away places to ensure the work conditions are of standards fit for Canadians and for humanity purpose
When I read my previous blog of a year ago I am reminded on how far I have come in articulating what I need to say,
Some form of Quality assurance programs must be in effect for work conditions ,good managers recognize this