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Rowan Cos. pleads guilty to environmental charges

10/15/2007
Rowan Cos. Inc. has pleaded guilty to three felonies involving the discharge of pollutants and garbage into the Gulf of Mexico from the Rowan-Midland drilling rig, the US Department of Justice reported.Nine employees also filed guilty pleas to related charges. Although the company sold the Rowan-Midland rig in January, the discharges were made in 2002-04. Rowan and its employees pleaded guilty Oct. 9, 2006, in federal court in Beaumont, Tex.A government investigation revealed that Rowan employees discharged waste hydraulic oil mixed with water, used paint, paint cans, and other pollutants and garbage into the gulf and failed to notify the government of violations of the Clean Water Act (C...
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