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A 68-year-old Farmington man pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Clean Air Act. It comes with a potential one-year sentence in prison, along with a $125,000 fine.
Sentencing for James Marshall, 68, of Farmington is scheduled for May. He was accused of violating the federal law while serving as a Maintenance Supervisor with the Finger Lakes Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
“The very essence of the Clean Air Act is to protect people from dangerous, and potentially deadly, hazardous air pollutants,” said U.S. Attorney Kennedy. “As maintenance supervisor for the property owner where work was being done, the defendant had an obligation to look out for the safety of the hired contractors. Unfortunately, his failure to do what he should have, put their health at risk.”