The U.S. has fined a Japanese shipping company $1 million for covering up the intentional oil pollution of the waters off North Carolina last year.

"This case demonstrates that those who pollute our oceans and deliberately mislead U.S. Coast Guard officials will be brought to justice," Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Wood said.

The company that owns the Atlantic Oasis admitted its engineers failed to document the illegal discharge of oily waste into the Atlantic.

The Justice Department says it hopes the penalties and harsh fines will deter anyone who would use the environment as a dumping ground.

美國對一家日本船運公司處以100萬美元的罰款。這家日本公司在其船只去年在美國北卡羅來納州附近的公海上排放廢油后試圖掩蓋真相。

美國司法部代理部長助理伍德說，“這起案件顯示，污染我們的海洋并有意誤導美國海岸警衛(wèi)隊官員的任何人都將被繩之以法?！?/p>

這家擁有“大西洋綠洲”號船的日本公司承認自己的工程師對非法在大西洋排放廢油的行為沒有進行記載。

美國司法部說，希望嚴厲的懲處和罰款能阻止將大自然作為排廢場的現(xiàn)象。