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Continued from page 15 - News Releases from Headquarters(EPA)WASHINGTON – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guiltytoday in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angelesand San Francisco to six counts of violating the CleanWater Act by illegally handling and disposing ofhazardous materials at its retail stores across the UnitedStates. The Bentonville, Ark.-based company alsopleaded guilty today in Kansas City, Mo., to violating theFederal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act(FIFRA) by failing to properly handle pesticides that hadbeen returned by customers at its stores across thecountry.As a result of the three criminal cases brought by theJustice Department, as well as a related civil case filed bythe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Wal-Mart will pay approximately $81.6 million for itsunlawful conduct. Coupled with previous actions broughtby the states of California and Missouri for the sameconduct, Wal-Mart will pay a combined total of morethan $110 million to resolve cases alleging violations offederal and state environmental laws.According to documents filed in U.S. District Court inSan Francisco, from a date unknown until January 2006,Wal-Mart did not have a program in place and failed totrain its employees on proper hazardous wastemanagement and disposal practices at the store level. Asa result, hazardous wastes were either discardedimproperly at the store level – including being put intomunicipal trash bins or, if a liquid, poured into the localsewer system – or they were improperly transportedwithout proper safety documentation to one of sixproduct return centers located throughout the UnitedStates.“By improperly handling hazardous waste, pesticides andother materials in violation of federal laws, Wal-Mart putthe public and the environment at risk and gained anunfair economic advantage over other companies,” saidIgnacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for theJustice Department’s Environment and Natural ResourcesDivision. “Today, Wal-Mart acknowledged responsibilityfor violations of federal laws and will pay significantfines and penalties, which will, in part, fund importantenvironmental projects in the communities impacted bythe violations and help prevent future harm to theenvironment.”“Federal laws that address the proper handling, storageand disposal of hazardous wastes exist to safeguard ourenvironment and protect the public from harm,” saidAndré Birotte Jr., the U.S. Attorney for the CentralDistrict of California. “Retailers like Wal-Mart that16-- Traditional African Clinic July 2013generate hazardous waste have a duty to legally and safelydispose of that hazardous waste, and dumping it down thesink was neither legal nor safe. The case against Wal-Martis designed to ensure compliance with our nation’senvironmental laws now and in the future.”“As one of the largest retailers in the United States, Wal-Mart is responsible not only for the stock on its shelves,but also for the significant amount of hazardous materialsthat result from damaged products returned by customers,”said Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the NorthernDistrict of California. “The crimes in these cases stemfrom Wal-Mart's failure to comply with the regulationsdesigned to ensure the proper handling, storage, anddisposal of those hazardous materials and waste. With itsguilty plea today, Wal-Mart is in a position to be anindustry leader by ensuring that not only Wal-Mart, but allretail stores properly handle their waste.”“This tough financial penalty holds Wal-Mart accountablefor its reckless and illegal business practices thatthreatened both the public and the environment,” saidTammy Dickinson, U.S. Attorney for the Western Districtof Missouri. “Truckloads of hazardous products, includingmore than 2 million pounds of pesticides, were improperlyhandled under Wal-Mart’s contract. Today’s criminal fineshould send a message to companies of all sizes that theywill be held accountable to follow federal environmentallaws. Additionally, Wal-Mart’s community servicepayment will fund important environmental projects inMissouri to help prevent such abuses in the future.”“The FBI holds all companies, regardless of size, to thesame standards,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge DavidJ. Johnson of the San Francisco Field Office. “We willcontinue to work closely with our law enforcementpartners to ensure there is a level playing field for allbusinesses and that everyone follows the rules.”“Today Wal-Mart is taking responsibility for violatinglaws that protect people from hazardous wastes andchemicals,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator forEPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.“Walmart is committing to safe handling of hazardouswastes at all of its facilities nationwide, and action thatwill benefit communities across the country.”Wal-Mart owns more than 4,000 stores nationwide thatsell thousands of products which are flammable, corrosive,reactive, toxic or otherwise hazardous under federal law.The products that contain hazardous materials includepesticides, solvents, detergents, paints, aerosols andcleaners. Once discarded, these products are consideredhazardous waste under federal law.Wal-Mart pleaded guilty this morning in San FranciscoContinued on page 17
Continued from page 16 – News Releases fromHeadquarters (EPA)to six misdemeanor counts of negligently violating theClean Water Act. The six criminal charges were filed bythe U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles and SanFrancisco (each office filed three charges), and the twocases were consolidated in the Northern District ofCalifornia, where the guilty pleas were formally enteredbefore U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero. As part ofa plea agreement filed in California, Wal-Mart wassentenced to pay a $40 million criminal fine and anadditional $20 million that will fund various communityservice projects, including opening a $6 million RetailCompliance Assistance Center that will help retail storesacross the nation learn how to properly handle hazardouswaste.In the third criminal case resolved today, Wal-Martpleaded guilty in the Western District of Missouri toviolating FIFRA. According to a plea agreement filed inKansas City, beginning in 2006, Wal-Mart begansending certain damaged household products, includingregulated solid and liquid pesticides, from its six returncenters to Greenleaf LLC, a recycling facility located inNeosho, Mo., where the products were processed forreuse and resale. Because Wal-Mart employees failed toprovide adequate oversight of the pesticides sent toGreenleaf, regulated pesticides were mixed together andoffered for sale to customers without the requiredregistration, ingredients, or use information, whichconstitutes a violation of FIFRA. Between July 2006 andFebruary 2008, Wal-Mart trucked more than 2 millionpounds of regulated pesticides and additional householdproducts from its various return centers to Greenleaf. InNovember 2008, Greenleaf was also convicted of aFIFRA violation and paid a criminal penalty of $200,000in 2009.Pursuant to the plea agreement filed in Missouri andaccepted today by U.S. District Judge John T.Maughmer, Wal-Mart agreed to pay a criminal fine of$11 million and to pay another $3 million to theMissouri Department of Natural Resources, which willgo to that agency’s Hazardous Waste Program and willbe used to fund further inspections and education onpesticide regulations for regulators, the regulatedcommunity and the public. In addition, Wal-Mart hasalready spent more than $3.4 million to properly removeand dispose of all hazardous material from Greenleaf’sfacility.In conjunction with today’s guilty pleas in the threecriminal cases, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay a $7.628million civil penalty that will resolve civil violations ofFIFRA and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(RCRA). In addition to the civil penalties, Wal-Mart isrequired to implement a comprehensive, nationwideenvironmental compliance agreement to managehazardous waste generated at its stores. The agreementincludes requirements to ensure adequate environmentalpersonnel and training at all levels of the company,proper identification and management of hazardouswastes, and the development and implementation ofEnvironmental Management Systems at its stores andreturn centers.Compliance with this agreement is a condition ofprobation imposed in the criminal cases.The criminal cases announced today are a result ofinvestigations conducted by the FBI and the EPA, whichreceived substantial assistance from the CaliforniaDepartment of Substance and Toxics Control, and theMissouri Department of Natural Resources.In Missouri, the case was prosecuted by Deputy U.S.Attorney Gene Porter and ENRD Senior Trial AttorneyJennifer Whitfield of the Environmental Crimes Sectionof the Environment and Natural Resources Division. InCalifornia, the cases were prosecuted in Los Angeles byAssistant U.S. Attorney Joseph O. Johns and in SanFrancisco by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Geis.More information about the case: URLhttp://www.epa.gov/enforcement/waste/cases/walmart.html☻☻☻☻☻☻GE’s Dirty Little SecretBy Marcia Ishii-EitemanOctober 4, 2012As a scientist at Pesticide Action Network, I amfrequently asked these days to explain what geneticallyengineered (GE) crops have to do with pesticides. When Ianswer that GE crops both contain and drive up pesticideuse, I am often met with earnest incredulity. We seem toneed to believe that GE technology is the best thing sincesliced bread.On a radio program just last week, a caller voiced hisgenuine hopes to me that GE crops would provide a greensolution to the woes of the world since he’d heard thatthese crops increase yield, cure blindness and reducepesticide use. I was sorry to have to disappoint him on allcounts, since GE crops have consistently failed toimprove yield, have done nothing to date for Vitamin Adeficiency-related blindness and have driven increases inpesticide use since their introduction some sixteen yearsago.Continued on page 1817-- Traditional African Clinic July 2013
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