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12/15/2023
Connecticut Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Disposing Hazardous Materials on Town of Fairfield Property
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Rocky Hill, CT) – Chief State’s Attorney Patrick J. Griffin today announced that Jason Julian, age 54, of Monroe, pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to environmental crimes associated with contaminated material disposed illegally at public property located in the town of Fairfield.
Julian pleaded guilty today in Superior Court in Fairfield 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 2016 through December 2016. His misuse of the contaminated material occurred at sites and locations throughout the town of Fairfield, including the public Penfield Beach.
Sentencing is scheduled for January 29, 2024 in Fairfield Superior Court.
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 & 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.