DOJ: Hazardous Waste Illegally Stored in Chesco

Hazardous waste was stored illegally in Chester County for years, the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.

Action Manufacturing Company of Bristol has been fined $1.2 million for illegally storing the explosive hazardous waste in Atglen, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Additionally, the company was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to appoint a new president and CEO.

Action makes timing and arming devices for munitions and explosives, the Inquirer said. The violations were discovered in 2011 during an EPA inspection.