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Clean Air Act Charges Filed Over SF Bay Dumping

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Jul 9, 2009 7:44 pm US/Pacific

Clean Air Act Charges Filed Over SF Bay Dumping

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP) ―

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The manager of a tug boat company has been indicted by the U.S. Attorney in Northern California for allegedly dumping dredged materials into San Francisco Bay without a permit.

The indictment filed in U.S. District Court this week claimed Mark Guinn, as general manager of Brusco Tug & Barge, violated the Clean Water Act. It charges him with four felony violations of dumping without a permit around Winter Island between 2003 and 2007.

The maximum possible penalty for each count is three years and a $250,000 fine.

Guinn's attorney Brian Getz said his client is a respected waterman who has managed thousands of dredging operations with no previous violations. Getz says the 41-year-old Guinn will plead not guilty.