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TENNESSEE BUSINESSMEN SENTENCED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATION
Release Date: 07/19/2001
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2001
TENNESSEE BUSINESSMEN SENTENCED FOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATION
HAZARDOUS WASTE VIOLATION
Luke C. Hester 202-564-7818 / Hester.Luke@epa.gov
Michael R. Kyle and Edward L. Johnson of Chattanooga, Tenn. were sentenced on July 6 for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by abandoning ignitable and/or hazardous waste. Kyle was sentenced to ten months confinement and three years supervised release. Johnson was sentenced to six months confinement and three years probation. They also were ordered to pay $9,540 each in restitution. Prior to 2000, Kyle and Johnson owned and operated Custom Concepts Inc., in Chattanooga, which produced fiberglass automobile parts, repaired collision damage and sold after-market auto parts. That year, when the defendants moved their business, they abandoned 70 drums of waste at their former business site. A number of the drums were tested and found to contain acetone, toluene, xylene and chromium, creating a potential fire and poisoning hazard. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and National Enforcement Investigations Center. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Greeneville.
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