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Kierney-Passaic

Industrial Waste Management and EPA Report Manipulation

Description

Kierney-Passaic, a private engineering firm, manages waste disposal sites where it falsifies EPA soil reports by inflating Method Detection Levels to hide highly carcinogenic toxins from regulators and health officials. Engineer Burt Gantz, who initialed the documents, defects and seeks whistleblower protection, thrusting the company into a White House legal crisis over the Polluter Pays bill.

Affiliated Characters

Don Novak
Lawyer
Kierney-Passaic Lawyer
Lawyer

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Events mentioning this organization

4 events
S4E18
Burt Gantz Defects — Whistleblower Appeal in Toby's Office

Burt Gantz and his lawyer Don Novak arrive in Toby's office ostensibly to discuss testimony on the Polluter Pays bill. Burt initially mouths a corporate …

S4E18
Burt's Defection — Toby Summons Josh

What begins as a casual check-in becomes a seismic disclosure: Burt Gantz, a Kierney-Passaic engineer, quietly reveals he intends to break with the company and …

S4E18
Whistleblower Walk-In — Testimony Upended

During a charged office confrontation, Burt Gantz unexpectedly tells Toby and Josh that Kierney-Passaic has been hiding highly carcinogenic contamination at multiple waste sites and …

S4E18
Hidden Numbers, Immediate Immunity

In Toby's office at night Burt Gantz explains that Kierney-Passaic manipulates Method Detection Levels—raising MDLs to 100 ppb—so carcinogens disappear from EPA soil reports. Mike's …