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Jim Inhofe: “Yes. Recent court decisions have made it clear that employees, at any level, who are involved in environmental…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2003
Yes. Recent court decisions have made it clear that employees, at any level, who are involved in environmental accidents, can be prosecuted criminally, and potentially imprisoned. These are non-deliberate environmental accidents that do not threaten or harm others.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing the implications of recent court decisions on environmental accidents.

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