James Raulerson Press Release (Sentencing)

November 24, 2008
For Immediate Release

OWNER OF RAULERSON FARMS IN PEMISCOT COUNTY SENTENCED ON ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS

St. Louis, Missouri: James Raulerson was sentenced to two years probation and a $10,000.00 fine on Clean Water Act violations, United States Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced today.

Raulerson and Raulerson Farms were the employers of workers at farms located in Pemiscot County, Missouri. In October 2007, an anonymous call was received by the Missouri Department of Conservation stating that a tanker truck was observed backed up to and discharging its contents into Belle Fountain Ditch in Hermondale, Missouri. Upon arrival at the site, state and federal emergency responders discovered that an undetermined amount of decomposing glycerin that was generated from Natural Biodiesel Plant LLC, was released into the Belle Fountain Ditch. Missouri Department of Conservation monitored the effects of the release and estimated at a minimum 30,000 fish and other aquatic life were killed.

James Raulerson admitted to the discharge of pollutants, namely glycerin, methanol and oil into Belle Fountain Ditch, a water of the United States.

JAMES RAULERSON, of Holland, Missouri, pled guilty last July to one felony count of violating the Clean Water Act. He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Department of Conservation and First Assistant United States Attorney Michael W. Reap and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Rauch, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 7, who handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CATHERINE L. HANAWAY United States Attorney	NEWS RELEASE
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November 24, 2008 For Immediate Release OWNER OF RAULERSON FARMS IN PEMISCOT COUNTY SENTENCED ON ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS St. Louis, Missouri: James Raulerson was sentenced to two years probation and a $10,000.00 fine on Clean Water Act violations, United States Attorney Catherine Hanaway announced today. Raulerson and Raulerson Farms were the employers of workers at farms located in Pemiscot County, Missouri. In October 2007, an anonymous call was received by the Missouri Department of Conservation stating that a tanker truck was observed backed up to and discharging its contents into Belle Fountain Ditch in Hermondale, Missouri. Upon arrival at the site, state and federal emergency responders discovered that an undetermined amount of decomposing glycerin that was generated from Natural Biodiesel Plant LLC, was released into the Belle Fountain Ditch. Missouri Department of Conservation monitored the effects of the release and estimated at a minimum 30,000 fish and other aquatic life were killed. James Raulerson admitted to the discharge of pollutants, namely glycerin, methanol and oil into Belle Fountain Ditch, a water of the United States. JAMES RAULERSON, of Holland, Missouri, pled guilty last July to one felony count of violating the Clean Water Act. He appeared today for sentencing before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the Missouri Department of Conservation and First Assistant United States Attorney Michael W. Reap and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Anne Rauch, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 7, who handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.