A Mississippi business owner has pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act after illegally discharging industrial waste into the Jackson Sewer System.
Flowood native Robert David Douglas, vice president and co-owner of Gold Coast Commodities, Inc., admitted to his part in the improper disposal of waste into the city’s sewer system. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the business is a fat and oil recycling business in Brandon.
Douglas also confessed to authorizing payments on behalf of Gold Coast for the transportation and disposal of its industrial waste at a commercial entity in Jackson. As a result of his negligence, the waste was trucked and discharged to a facility that was not a legal discharge point designated by the Jackson Wastewater Treatment System.
Douglas will be sentenced on November 9, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. The case was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brandon Police Department, and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, with cooperation from the City of Brandon and the City of Jackson municipal governments.
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