OAN Staff Abril Elfi
11:40 AM – Tuesday, December 24, 2024
A chemical company director has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long oily mix of chemicals in the Flint River in Michigan.
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Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel announced on Monday that Rajinder Singh Minhas, 60, was arrested on charges of falsely altering a public record, substantial endangerment to the public, discharge of injurious substance to waters of state, false statements and omissions regarding air pollution control and other charges.
Minhas was also the director and treasurer of Lockhart Chemical, a company based in Flint that produces lubricants, hydraulic fluids, coatings, and metalworking additives.
According to Nessel, the facility’s critical maintenance and improvements were…
