[Djarum]

"They agreed to pay the fine," said Leo Kay with the EPA press office in San Francisco. "There's no admission of guilt required if they agree to pay the fine."

And what would be the penalty for an admission of guilt, torture?

[nuconvert]

No, it's very different. If you admit guilt, you talk your fine down to $5000, and then have to send someone to a workshop to make sure the toxic release reporting requirements are fully understood. But you have to admit guilt. And look guilty, too.