Allwaste Onsite Environmental, Clean Water Act Violations, Tennessee 2023
A Nashville, Tennessee, company has pleaded guilty to illegally bypassing waste treatment and discharging industrial wastes into the Nashville sewer system.
Allwaste Onsite, doing business as Onsite Environmental (Onsite Environmental), entered two guilty pleas on in relation to federal Clean Water Act violations.
According to court documents, Onsite Environmental operated a facility in Nashville, Tennessee, that treated liquid non-hazardous industrial wastes before discharging them into the sewer.
However, from December 5-22, 2022, and again from January 4-17, 2023, Onsite Environmental employees knowingly bypassed treatment processes and discharged untreated or partially untreated industrial wastes into the Metro sewer system in direct violation of the pretreatment permit.
As part of the plea, Onsite Environmental has agreed to pay a fine of $512,000 and serve a three-year term of probation that requires Onsite Environmental to properly treat industrial wastes according to a detailed facility operating plan.
U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger for the Middle District of Tennessee accepted the guilty pleas. Sentencing is scheduled for December 15.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee made the announcement.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Criminal Investigation Division and EPA Office of Inspector General investigated the case.
Sentence: $512,000 fine, 3-year probation term.
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant: Allwaste Onsite, doing business as Onsite Environmental (Onsite Environmental)
- Criminal Charges: Federal Clean Water Act violations
- City and State: Nashville, Tennessee
- Exact Date: December 5-22, 2022, and January 4-17, 2023
- Sentence: $512,000 fine, 3-year probation term
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Environmental Violations
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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