Tumwater company fined, owner sentenced for falsifying water test samples
Jun. 21—Clearwater Utility Services in Tumwater has been fined and the owner was sentenced to jail time after an Environmental Protection Agency investigation found the water utility submitted false water samples to a laboratory.
The samples were from a public water system serviced by the company on Old Highway 99. They were being tested for lead and copper.
According to a news release from the EPA Office of Inspector General, Clearwater owner Timothy Tayne pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted offering of false instrument for filing or record. His business was fined $5,000 and he was sentenced to 364 days in prison and 80 hours of community service.
The investigation was led by the EPA's Office of Inspector General and Robert Grant, the assistant Attorney General for Washington's EPA division.
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