A recent Wall Street Journal article reports that Eagle Recyling, a New Jersey recycling company was sentenced to pay a $500K criminal fine and over $70K in restitution & cleanup costs. It was found dumping thousands of tons of asbestos contaminated construction debris in Central NY.

The company pleaded guilty earlier this year and agreed to comply with environmental laws.

According to the charges and plea agreement, Eagle Recycling and other co-conspirators engaged in a multi-year scheme to illegally dump 8,100 tons of pulverized construction and demolition debris that was processed at Eagle Recycling’s North Bergen solid waste management facility and then transported to a farmer’s property in Frankfort, N.Y.  Eagle Recycling and other conspirators then concealed the illegal dumping by fabricating a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) permit and forging the name of a DEC official on the fraudulent permit.