Cory Ledeal King, 52, of Burley, Idaho,
was sentenced yesterday to three years probation for violating the Safe
Drinking Water Act and making false statements, the United States
Attorney's Office announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill,
sitting in Pocatello, also ordered King to serve four month's home
detention and to pay a fine in the amount of $5000.
In April 2009, King was convicted by a federal jury sitting in Pocatello. During the three-day trial, the jury heard evidence that in 2005, King, the farm manager and part owner of the Double C Farms/Lambert Produce cattle feedlot and farm facility located 12 miles south of Burley, Idaho, had ordered his workers to inject excess surface fluids from various sources into at least four deep agricultural irrigation wells at the Double C ranch on numerous occasions.
According to groundwater expert witnesses and sworn testimony provided at trial, these injections of fluids occurred without having the required Underground Injection Control permit from the State of Idaho Department of Water Resources. In addition, the jury heard evidence that King lied to a State of Idaho Department of Agriculture inspector, who was inspecting the facility. The jury found King guilty of four counts of violating the Safe Drinking Water Act and one count of making false statements.
Source: Press Release: U.S. Department of Justice.
In April 2009, King was convicted by a federal jury sitting in Pocatello. During the three-day trial, the jury heard evidence that in 2005, King, the farm manager and part owner of the Double C Farms/Lambert Produce cattle feedlot and farm facility located 12 miles south of Burley, Idaho, had ordered his workers to inject excess surface fluids from various sources into at least four deep agricultural irrigation wells at the Double C ranch on numerous occasions.
According to groundwater expert witnesses and sworn testimony provided at trial, these injections of fluids occurred without having the required Underground Injection Control permit from the State of Idaho Department of Water Resources. In addition, the jury heard evidence that King lied to a State of Idaho Department of Agriculture inspector, who was inspecting the facility. The jury found King guilty of four counts of violating the Safe Drinking Water Act and one count of making false statements.
Source: Press Release: U.S. Department of Justice.
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