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Waste Disposal Criminal Prosecution

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Illegal Spilling of Sewage Water into Sea Leads to Significant Fine

The Tel Aviv Magistrates’ Court has set a fine totaling ILS 340,000 on Kishle House (which operates the Setai Hotel in Jaffa) and on two company officers after the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection filed an...more

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Environmental Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Adair County, Kentucky, Oil Lease Tank Battery Operator Indicted for Alleged...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a February 9th news release stating that a federal grand jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, issued an indictment charging Joshua M. Franklin with violating the Clean Water...more

Baker Donelson

Environmental Prosecutions Increased in Pandemic Year

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It is worthwhile for plant managers and environmental managers to pay attention to the types of cases involving environmental violations which are selected by regulators and prosecutors for criminal enforcement. That is...more

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Solid Waste/Criminal Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Announces Arrest of Orleans Parish Disposal...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a September 10th news release stating that an Orleans Parish individual was arrested for allegedly violating environmental laws and criminal trespassing. ...more

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Electronics Recycling: United States Attorney (Western District of Washington) Announces Sentencing of Individuals for Alleged...

The Western District of Washington United States Attorney’s Office (“U.S. Attorney) issued an April 23rd news release announcing two individuals had been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 28 months in prison for...more

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Criminal Enforcement: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Sentencing for Elizabeth, New Jersey, Biodiesel Fuel Company for...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a February 8th news release stating that Fuel Bio One, LLC (“FBO”) had been sentenced for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. The Elizabeth, New Jersey,...more

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Criminal Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality References Guilty Plea of Orleans Parish Individual for...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a January 23rd news release stating that Bryant Joseph Ballard pleaded guilty on January 18th in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for illegal disposal of...more

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Criminal Enforcement/Clean Water Act: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Guilty Plea by Biodiesel Fuel Company

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a June 5th news release stating that Fuel Bio One LLC (“FBO”) pleaded guilty to an alleged Clean Water Act violation. FBO allegedly discharged over 45,000 gallons of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Creative Lawyering In RCRA Criminal Action Fails to Find Favor with the Ninth Circuit

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the federal law that regulates management of hazardous waste, is complicated and compliance can be tricky... but not impossible. Our experience is that good faith efforts to comply...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The Criminal Side of Fracking: Individuals and Companies Face State and Federal Criminal Charges related to Handling and Disposal...

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On Monday, October 28, 2013, the Clean Water Action national environmental organization (“CWA”) filed a federal civil lawsuit against Waste Treatment Corporation for the alleged illegal disposal of hundreds of thousands of...more

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