Ohio man pleads guilty to charge of violating Clean Water Act.

An Ohio man pleaded guilty in the Northern District of Ohio federal court to a charge of violating the Clean Water Act after he dumped pollutants and hazardous substances from his transport facilities into an Ohio waterway. According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Ohio, 72-year-old mark Shepherd, of Kenton, dumped 7,000 gallons of pollutants into the Scioto River near Hardin County in April 2021. The dumped substance, which contained ammonia, originated from two facilities Shepherd owned: Cessna Transport Inc. and A.G. Bradley Inc.