Northeast
Connecticut cleaner faces jail time for
illegal dumping
On May 28, Michael Rosenberg was sentenced
to 18 months in prison for pleading guilty to illegally dumping
two drums of perc in the woods near Farmington, CT.
Rosenberg, who owned Avenue Cleaners in
Naugatuck, CT, between 1995 and 1999, was charged with two
counts of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
and plead guilty in March of 2001.
The 18-month prison sentence will be
followed by a three-year term of supervised release (United
States v. Rosenberg D. Conn., No. 3:01CR73, 5/28/02). In
addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Court Judge
Christopher F. Droney deferred an order of restitution.
Rosenberg will still likely face fines of
more than $200,000 to various cover clean-up costs associated
with the dumping.
Back in March of 2000, two drums of perc
marked with Avenue Cleaners’ labels were discovered
dumped and spilling near the Farmington, Connecticut Reservoir,
according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Although the
reservoir was no longer used as a drinking water source, the
wells of two local homes had been contaminated with the waste,
according to U.S. Attorney John Danaher III.
Danaher also noted that the drycleaning
business located in Naugatuck, CT has been under new management
since late 1999 and there is no evidence to suggest any more
improper handling or disposal of perc.
The case was investigated by EPA’s
Criminal Investigation Division and the Environmental Crime
Unit of the Connecticut Chief State Attorney’s Office,
with additional assistance from the Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection and the Town of Farmington Police
Department.
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NCA takes NY cleaners out to the ballgame
Time is running out for those interested
in reserving tickets for the Neighborhood
Cleaners Association’s 4th
Annual Night at Shea Stadium on Friday, Aug. 2.
The event gathers together NCA cleaners
from the New York City/Long Island Chapter to root for the
hometown Mets against the defending world champions, the
Arizona Diamondbacks.
Tickets are $40 each and include seating
in the picnic area of Shea Stadium and dinner with sandwiches
and various finger foods.
To make reservations, contact Joe Hallak
of Hallak Cleaners in Hackensack, NJ, at (201) 343-7333, or Ed
Roth of UN Cleaners in Flushing, NY, at (718) 969-0207.
Also close on the horizon is NCA’s
1st Open Golf Tournament, which will be held at Bethpage State
Park in Bethpage, Long Island on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
The golf course will be the site of the
2002 U.S. Open later this year.
The participant fee is $100 per player and
includes green fees, cart, and the evening dinner where awards
will be handed out. Non-players are also welcome to attend the
dinner at a cost of $40 each.
For more information, contact Frank Choy
at NCA by calling (212) 967-3002.
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