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02/16/2024
Connecticut Contractor Sentenced for Illegally Disposing Hazardous Materials on Town of Fairfield Property
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Rocky Hill, CT) – Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin announced that the Honorable Tracy Lee Dayton today sentenced Jason Julian, age 54, of Monroe, to a total effective sentence of five years and 364 days in prison, execution suspended after 18 months served, and three years of probation for multiple counts of environmental crimes, including the illegal disposal of contaminated materials at public property located in the town of Fairfield. As a specific condition of the probation, Julian also was ordered to pay a total of $2,500,000.00 toward the restitution to the Town, of which $1,500,000.00 was paid today at the time of sentencing.
Julian pleaded guilty on December 15, 2023 in Superior Court in Bridgeport to Engaging In the Business of Collection, Storage, Treatment, Removal, and Disposal of Certain Substances, Materials and Wastes Without a Permit in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § § 22a-454 and 438(b); Two Counts of Illegal Disposal of Material Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § § 22a-467 and 22a-438(b), and Three Counts of Discharging of Materials Into the Waters of Connecticut Without a Permit in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § § 22a-430(a) and 22a-438(b).
According to court records, Julian and his businesses operating a facility on town property stockpiled, processed and disposed of hazardous wastes, which included waste materials from construction and demolition debris and other contaminated substances, including PCBs, heavy metals and other hazardous carcinogens from August 2014 through December 2016. His misuse of the contaminated material occurred at sites and locations throughout the town of Fairfield, including the public Penfield Beach.
Julian’s arrest was the result of a lengthy investigation by the Fairfield Police Department and the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, with assistance from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The case is being prosecuted by the Statewide Prosecution Bureau of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, with assistance from the Appellate Bureau in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney.