United States v. WR Grace

ORDER

MOLLOY, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

Defendants W.R. Grace and Co., a Connecticut corporation (“Grace”), and current and former Grace employees Alan R. Stringer, Henry A. Eschenbach, Jack W. Wolter, William J. McCaig, Robert J. Bet-tacchi, 0. Mario Favorito and Robert C. Walsh, are charged by a ten-count Indictment with crimes arising from Grace’s operation of a vermiculite mine near Libby, Montana (the “Libby Mine”). The Defendants are charged with conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act and to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Count I); violation of the Clean Air…