Minnetonka man sentenced in Clean Water Act case

October 2008

U.S. Water News Online

MINNEAPOLIS — The chief executive of a Fridley-based company has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for violating the Clean Water Act.

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced 41-year-old Keith David Rosenblum's sentence. Rosenblum, of Minnetonka, was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. along with the Clean Water Act violations.

According to federal authorities, Rosenblum's company ECO Finishing Co. discharged industrial wastewater that entered the sewer system operated by Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. ECO Finishing is a metal finishing business.

Besides prison time, Rosenblum was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine and serve 200 hours of community service.

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