Company Official Charged in 2022 Oil-Chemical Discharge Into Michigan’s Flint River

Company Official Charged in 2022 Oil-Chemical Discharge Into Michigan’s Flint River
City, Genesee County and state of Michigan agencies respond to an oil spill in the Flint River, on June 15, 2022. Jake May/MLive.com/The Flint Journal via AP
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FLINT, Mich.—The president of a chemical company has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long dark, oily sheen on the Flint River in Michigan more than two years ago.

Rajinder Singh Minhas, 60, of Rochester, Michigan, was arrested and arraigned last week on charges of falsely altering a public record, substantial endangerment to the public, discharge of injurious substance to waters of the state, false statements, and omissions regarding air pollution control and other charges, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Monday.