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Wood Treatment Companies Fined

(Eugene, OR) -- Two companies operating a Eugene wood treatment facility face one-and-a-half-million dollars in criminal fines for air pollution. Federal prosecutors say J-H Baxter and Company pleaded guilty to illegally treating hazardous waste and knowingly violating the clean air act. In addition to paying one-and-a-half-million dollars in fines, the company's president Georgia Baxter-Krouse, of Deschutes County, will serve 90 days in federal prison and one year of supervised release.

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