Indiana Company Conceals Chemical Discharges INDIANA (wsiu) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to clean up the site of a Terre Haute Indiana company where the owner was sentenced to five years in prison for concealing elevated levels of chemical discharges into the Wabash River.
The EPA says the cleanup at the former Wabash Environmental Technologies will begin in October and could take several months.
The company once operated a wastewater treatment plant at the site that accepted liquid wastes from its industrial customers for treatment and eventual discharge to the Wabash.
An inspection of the site found chemicals, waste oil and caustic materials.
Company president Derrik Hagerman was sentenced to prison in November after being convicted in of 10 counts of violating the federal clean water act.
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