Date: 01-12-2015

Case Style: United States of America v. Brain J. Riley

Case Number: 6:13-cr-10185-JTM

Judge: JTM

Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Sedgwick County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Alan Metzger

Defendant's Attorney: Kurt P. Kerns for Brian J. Riley

Jay Greeno for Jack E. Gibbons

Michael Paul Peloquin and Ed Robinson for Sean M. Riley

Description: WICHITA, KAN. - The owner of a plastics recycling company in El Dorado pleaded guilty Monday to mishandling waste chemicals and agreed to pay more than $118,000 in restitution to the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.

Brian J. Riley, 41, Andover, Kan., owner of Integrated Plastic Solutions, LLC., pleaded guilty to one count of negligent exposure to a hazardous air pollutant. In his plea, he admitted the company stored hazardous wastes at its facility in the form of paints, solvents and other chemicals. The paints and solvents contained ethyl benzene, which is classified as a hazardous air pollutant. After becoming aware that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment was investigating the company’s waste handling practices, Riley allowed some paints and solvents to be dumped on the IPS grounds, releasing ethyl benzene and exposing employees to the risk of flash fire and explosion.

Sentencing is set for March 30. He faces a maximum penalty of a year in federal prison and a fine up to $100,000. Grissom commended the Environmental Protection Agency and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Metzger for their work on the case.

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