La. Company, President Sentenced For False Statements to EPA

Dec. 27, 2000
Enviro-Comp Laboratories Inc. and its president and owner were sentenced\r\nfor making false statements in a matter involving EPA.

Enviro-Comp Laboratories Inc. and the company president and owner, Shawn Decareaux-Kilgarlin, both of Baton Rouge, La., were sentenced for making false statements in a matter involving EPA.

In addition, Decareaux-Kilgarlin previously pleaded guilty to witness tampering. She was sentenced to spend one year in prison and pay a $3,000 fine.

Enviro-Comp will pay a $7,000 fine and serve five years of probation.

Enviro-Comp, an independent laboratory, performed tests and provided analytical results on water, food and drug samples.

In 1999, Enviro-Comp sought accreditation by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to perform water tests for clients who were required to meet environmental regulations under an EPA delegated program.

In August 1999, while preparing for an LDEQ pre-accreditation audit, Decareaux-Kilgarlin knowingly made false statements in Enviro-Comp''s log books and certification analyses relative to water testing for the purpose of misleading the LDEQ auditor.

Additionally, she directed the company''s employees to falsify its log books and certification analyses.

In December 1999 and January 2000, she paid a former employee to provide false information to an EPA special agent and further promised the employee additional money for providing false testimony at any subsequent trial.

by Virginia Sutcliffe

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