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Recall: Chemicals Dumping @ Standard Hotel

 

Mar 26, 2010 (…)

 

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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Operators of the Downtown Standard hotel have pleaded guilty to violating federal environmental law following a Jan. 18 incident that caused a street closure and sickened several people in a subway station.

 

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, hotel operators agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of negligent discharge of pollutants. The hotel will pay a $200,000 criminal fine, the maximum under the law, donate $150,000 to the National Fish and Wildlife Fund, and make a $20,283 restitution payment to authorities for costs incurred during the incident. The U.S. Attorney’s office said the trouble started when a hotel maintenance worker dumped pool chemicals into a rooftop drain. A mix of chlorine and muriatic acid caused gases to form in the storm drain system and were released into the subway station near Seventh and Figueroa streets. The intersection of Sixth and Flower was closed for several hours as the gas escaped from the drain system.