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Man pleads guilty in perc conspiracy.(Talk Of The Trade)
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A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to five counts related to a conspiracy that transported and mishandled hazardous chemicals including perc wastes, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) release dated March 4.
Defendant Behzad Kahoolyzadeh (a.k.a. Behzad Cohen and David Cohen) and codefendants Homayoun "Harry" and Hormoz Pourat had been affiliated with one of the state's largest handlers of perchloroethylene wastes, Vernon, Calif.-based AAD Distribution & Drycleaning Services Inc.
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Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...indictments Wednesday against two California brothers - Harry and Hormoz Pourat - two companies they operate, including one in Lakewood...the case were Harry Pourat, 38, of Santa Monica, Calif.; Hormoz Pourat, 42, of Encino, Calif.; Behzad Kahoolyzadeh, 45, of West...
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HAZARDOUS WASTE HANDLER IN LOS ANGELES SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS FOR CONSPIRING TO VIOLATE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ...that in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, California Hormoz Pourat, Vice President of AAD Distribution and Dry Cleaning Services...and the other facilities that were illegally storing AAD PERC wastes totaled approximately $1 million. Hormoz Pourat is age 45 and maintains a ...
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Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ...connection with an alleged interstate illegal dry cleaning waste disposal scheme. Homayoun Pourat of Santa Monica, Calif., Hormoz Pourat of Encino, Calif., Behzad Kahoolyzadeh of West Los Angeles, Calif., Robert Hearsch of Wheatridge, Colo., Patricia Hajduch...
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Judge takes cleaners to jail.(illegally disposing hazardous dry cleaning waste)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Waste News
; ...fined him $100,000 for illegally disposing of hazardous dry cleaning waste between February 1996 and March 2001. Defendant Hormoz Pourat of Encino, Calif., also must pay restitution. It was Colorado's first environmental case in which a defendant was charged...
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Second sentenced for waste mishandling.(TALK OF THE TRADE)
Magazine article from: American Drycleaner
; ...shutdown in 2001. In order to hide permit violations, Kahoolyzadeh and his partners conspired to ship and store perc wastes offsite at unlicensed facilities. Co-defendant and former AAD vice president Hormoz Pourat is serving an identical sentence.
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EPA Dec. 11 Enforcement Wrap-Up
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: California Company Executive Sentenced to 37 Months for Hazardous Waste Offenses Hormoz Pourat, vice president of AAD Distribution and Dry Cleaning Services Inc. (AAD) and also the manager of Right Choice Inc., was sentenced...
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MAN SENTENCED FOR DUMPING WASTE PROSECUTORS SAY HE ORGANIZED 9-STATE DISPOSAL SCAM.(City Desk/Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...matching the longest sentence in the nation for an environmental crime. A Jefferson County District Court judge sentenced Hormoz Pourat of California for illegally storing, shipping and dumping dry-cleaning chemicals over a five-year period ending last March...
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