Captain Abdurrahman Korkmaz, 37, pleaded guilty today to a two-count information charging him with violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstructing proceedings. Korkmaz, a Turkish national, was the captain of the PS Dream, a Panama-flagged motor tanker. The two related companies that operated the PS Dream pleaded guilty last month to environmental crimes.
CUMBERLAND, Virginia, June 4, 2024 (ENS) - A company that provides laboratory animals to research facilities, Envigo RMS LLC, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to knowingly violate the Animal Welfare Act, AWA, and Envigo Global Services Inc. pleaded guilty to a felony of conspiring to knowingly violate the Clean Water Act. Both pleas are in %environment news service% news environment latest on forests, oceans, climate, wildlife, fisheries, transportation, business