BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The former president of a company that makes tear gas and pepper spray has been ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for improperly storing hazardous waste near a Vermont river.
Jon Goodrich, former president of Bennington Operations of Mace Personal Defense Inc., pleaded guilty in January to one count of improperly storing the waste. The Bennington Banner reports (https://bit.ly/JiIJwU) the fine was agreed on through a plea bargain and Goodrich has paid it.
The company itself had pleaded guilty to unlawful storage of hazardous waste in February 2011. It was ordered to pay $780,000 toward cleanup of the site near the Walloomsac River.
The U.S. Attorney's office says 80 drums of unlabeled chemicals were found stored at the Holden-Leonard Mill.
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Information from: Bennington Banner, http://www.benningtonbanner.com.
