Burt Gantz's Falsified EPA Soil Reports

Printed EPA soil reports manipulated by raising Method Detection Levels to 100 ppb, causing carcinogens to vanish from results. Burt Gantz initialed these pages, marking his approval of the falsification. Mike probes the technical details until Toby and Josh highlight the legal peril, turning the documents into flashpoint evidence of potential conspiracy during tense night triage in Toby's office.

2 appearances

Purpose

Measure and report soil carcinogen levels for regulatory compliance

Significance

Proof of fraud that endangers Burt with subpoenas and implicates White House staff, forcing immediate immunity negotiations amid whistleblower crisis

Appearances in the Narrative

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2 moments

S4E18 · Privateers

Hidden Numbers, Immediate Immunity

The falsified EPA soil reports are the central evidentiary claim: Burt admits he initialed pages that, because of altered detection thresholds, concealed carcinogen levels. They function as the pivot from technical malpractice to potential federal crime and the concrete reason immunity is now necessary.

Before: Filed/controlled by Kierney-Passaic engineers and submitted to the EPA with inflated MDLs masking toxins.

After: Identified in conversation as fraudulent and as the proximate cause of required legal intervention; now a potential subject of subpoena or evidentiary demand.

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S4E18 · Privateers

Immunity Panic: Burt's Criminal Jeopardy

The falsified EPA soil reports are the detonator: Burt admits he initialed them, transforming abstract scientific manipulation into documentary evidence that creates criminal exposure and legal urgency.

Before: In circulation as company-submitted EPA reports that had been altered by Kierney-Passaic engineers to hide toxins.

After: Exposed as fraudulent within Toby's office; treated as evidence that compels the team to seek immunity and legal counsel.

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