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INDUSTRY NEWS
lA PuEnTA, CAlIF. — uS Air Conditioning Dis- tributors was named a winner in California’s De- partment of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) 2010 Waste Reduction Awards Pro- gram (WRAP). “WRAP acknowledges businesses throughout
California for implementing practices that help protect the environment and preserve our natural resources,” said CalRecycle director Margo Reid Brown. uS Air Conditioning installed a natural gas fu-
eling station and purchased 17 clean-burning nat- ural gas-powered trucks, which produce only 5% of the emissions of a diesel truck of the same size. Also, the company produces most of its electricity for its main 250,000-square-foot location in City of Industry, Calif., with one of the largest solar cell ar- rays in the u.S. At 850 kw, it produces enough elec- tricity to power more than 400 homes. uS Air Conditioning’s mercury thermostat re-
Some of the results from US Air Conditioning’s mercury thermostat recycling program.
cycling program and their investments in on-site solar generation and natural gas-powered trucks illustrates the company’s commitment to saving California’s resources. Visit
www.us-ac.com.
Former N.J. rep enters guilty plea in conspiracy case
WASHInGTOn— According to the Department of Justice, a former sales representative from a lynd hurst, n.J.-based industrial pipe supply company has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to commit fraud and pay bribes to a customer. In return, the customer — a purchasing manager at Consolidated Edison of new York — was to make efforts to steer contracts to the sales rep’s company. Robert D. Rosenberg of Florham Park, n.J.,
pleaded guilty in u.S. District Court in Manhattan to participating in a conspiracy to defraud Con Edison. According to a one-count felony charge, Rosenberg and others paid approximately $297,000 in bribes to the former department man- ager in the Con Edison purchasing department. In exchange, the former department manager was to steer industrial pipe supply contracts to the com- pany Rosenberg represented. The department said the conspiracy took place from approximately no- vember 2003 through approximately August 2008. According to the plea agreement, Rosenberg has agreed to cooperate with the department’s ongoing investigation into anticompetitive conduct in the power generation industry. Con Edison is a regulated utility headquartered
in Manhattan. It provides electric service to ap- proximately 3.2 million customers and gas serv- ice to approximately 1.1 million customers in new York City and Westchester County, n.Y. Con Edison received more than $10,0000 in fed- eral funding each year between 2003 and 2008. Rosenberg is charged with conspiracy, which
carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victim of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine. This plea is the second to arise from an ongoing
federal investigation of bid rigging, bribery, fraud and tax-related offenses in the power generation industry. In november 2010, James M. Woode- son, a former Con Edison manager, pleaded guilty in u.S. District Court in Manhattan to charges that he accepted and agreed to accept bribes from two Con Edison industrial pipe supply vendors. The investigation is being conducted by the Antitrust Division’s new York Field Office, with assistance from the FBI’s new York Division and the IRS Criminal investigation. Con Edison cooperated with the investigation.
Sioux Chief catalog available See contact information on page 70
PECulIAR, MO. — Sioux Chief’s new 2011 catalog is filled with innovative and practical solutions that have been developed by listening to the needs of plumbers and mechanical contractors. The catalog includes seven product groups: • Supply
• Drainage • Support • Tools
• Specialties • Testing • Access
• More than 1,000 new products. Visit
www.siouxchief.com. • Be sure to visit
www.thewholesaler.com for web exclusive articles and videos! •
•THE WHOLESALER® — FEBRUARY 2011
CalRecycle honors US Air Conditioning Distributors
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