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Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:38
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A contractor for a Mecklenburg County highway project was sentenced Monday to 30 days in prison and fined $1,500 for polluting the J.H. Kerr Reservoir, the federal prosecutor's office said.Loch Lawrence Louman, 47, of Gig Harbor, Wash., pleaded guilty in February to depositing refuse into a navigable waterway. He faced a maximum of one year in prison and a $25,000 fine.According to court documents, the Virginia Department of Transportation awarded a contract to AMEC Civil LLC, previously doing business as Morse Diesel Civil LLC, to complete the Clarksville bypass project. The project involved expansion of U.S. 58 south of the existing bridge and construction of a new bridge across the reservoir.Louman, the construction project manager, admitted he was responsible for dumping concrete slurry -- a mixture of water, concrete and plasticizer -- into the reservoir when a concrete pump failed.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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