Two former supervisors at a Nashville waste treatment facility have been charged with allegedly bypassing treatment processes and discharging untreated and partially treated wastewater into the Nashville sewer system.
A grand jury indictment was unsealed yesterday charging Randall Ray Stark, 48, of Texas, and Caleb Warren Randall, 35, of Tennessee, with conspiracy to defraud the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and to violate the Clean Water Act.
According to court documents, Stark, the Facility Operations Manager, and Randall, the Plant Supervisor, directed Onsite employees to bypass treatment processes and discharge untreated and partially treated wastewater into the Nashville sewer system in December 2022 and in January 2023.
The indictment further alleges that Stark and Randall tampered with and caused Onsite employees to tamper with a sampling device that the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County placed to monitor Onsite’s compliance with its pretreatment permit.
On August 5, Onsite pleaded guilty in Nashville to federal charges relating to the discharges.
If convicted, the defendants face a total sentence of up to 17 years in prison, as well as fines, restitution, and supervised release.
The EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and Office of Inspector General investigated the case, with Senior Trial Attorney Matthew T. Morris of ENRD’s Environmental Crimes Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ahmed A. Safeeullah for the Middle District of Tennessee prosecuting the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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