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KENTUCKY WASTE COMPANY, PRESIDENT PLEAD GUILTY
Release Date: 02/03/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000
KENTUCKY WASTE COMPANY, PRESIDENT PLEAD GUILTY
Spectra Services Inc. and its president, Steven M. Dixon, of Knoxville, Tenn., both pleaded guilty on Jan. 20, in U.S. District Court in Knoxville to violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Spectra is a licensed transporter of hazardous waste. A spent cleaner, which is a hazardous waste, was collected by the company from the Air National Guard base at McGhee Tyson Airport near Knoxville. The waste contained methylene chloride, which can cause cancer and birth defects. At the pickup, the company did not provide the Air National Guard with an EPA hazardous waste manifest, as required by law. When sentenced, Spectra faces a fine up to $500,000 and Dixon faces up to one year in prison and/or a fine up to $100,000. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division, the FBI, the Department of Energy, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Environmental Control. This case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
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