Lockhart Chemical Company director charged with multiple felonies related to 2022 Flint River Oil Spill

LANSING

On Dec. 23, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the arrest and arraignment of Rajinder Singh Minhas, 60, of Rochester, on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly mismanaging and neglecting critical maintenance and upgrades at the Lockhart Chemical Company (Lockhart), resulting in the unauthorized oil discharge into the Flint River in 2022.

Minhas, who served as pres…