United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

SECOND TYCO EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN WATER ACT

The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY DADALT, age 34, a former employee of Tyco Printed Circuit Group, a subsidiary of Tyco International ("Tyco"), was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to one year of probation for knowingly violating felony provisions of the federal Clean Water Act. Judge Chatigny also ordered DADALT to perform 100 hours of community service. Judge Chatigny departed downward from the Sentencing Guidelines range, noting DADALT's extensive assistance to the Government in prosecuting the case, and the results to date of his substantial assistance. DADALT pleaded guilty on August 5, 2002.

In 2000 and 2001, DADALT was the supervisor of the wastewater treatment department of Tyco's now-defunct Manchester facility, where equipment was in place to treat wastewater and thereby remove high levels of toxic metals, including copper and lead. DADALT has admitted to bypassing filtration equipment on multiple occasions in violation of Tyco's discharge permit. Court records also indicate that DADALT assisted in falsifying reports submitted to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP"). Specifically, DADALT carried out a scheme in which he failed to report to the DEP samples of wastewater discharges that exceeded permitted levels of copper. Instead, he took another sample and, after confirming that the sample was under the permitted limit, used the later sample for reporting purposes. DADALT also diluted samples with tap water to create the appearance that the wastewater being discharged was in compliance with Tyco's discharge permit.

Daniel Callahan, Tyco's head of Environmental Health and Safety Department in Connecticut, and Robert Smith, another manager that worked for Callahan, have pleaded guilty to similar violations. On July 30, 2004, Smith was sentenced to one year of probation. Callahan is scheduled to be sentenced on August 31 and faces a sentence of up to three years of imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000.

On April 29, 2004, Tyco pleaded guilty to 12 felony violations of the Clean Water Act and agreed to a $10 million monetary resolution, $6 million of which reflect criminal fines and $4 million of which represent additional expenditures that Tyco agreed to make toward environmentally beneficial programs.

The U.S. Attorney stated that the prosecution of this case reflects the United States Attorney's Office's commitment to vigorously enforce federal environmental laws and protect the waters used by the citizens of Connecticut. Michael Hubbard, Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Investigation Division of the EPA, stated that this case demonstrates EPA's commitment to hold individuals responsible for falsifying reports to the DEP.

This case was investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Environmental Protection Agency and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brian E. Spears and Special Assistant United States Attorney Peter Kenyon.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov