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FISCAL YEAR: 2001
1. PRINCIPAL DEFENDANT: Stephen Lane Adkins
W.D. Oklahoma CR-00-036-T
W.D. Oklahoma CR-00-036-T
2. DEFENDANT: Joel Edwin Mayhan
W.D. Oklahoma CR-00-036-T
W.D. Oklahoma CR-00-036-T
Adkins is the President and co-owner with Mayhan, who is also the Vice-president of Amtech Corporation. Amtech is a manufacturer of oil field chemicals. The defendants delivered drums of hazardous wast to M&M Drum company where the contents of the drumswere poured into the Oklahoma City sewer system. Drums of hazardous waste were also dumped in a field in Asher, Oklahoma and stored and buried at another site.
August 29, 2000
The defendants were indicted on violations involving the CWA {33 U.S.C. 1317} and RCRA {42 U.S.C. 6928 - illegal transportation and disposal}. They all pled guilty to the charges.
CITATION: 33 U.S.C. 1317(d), 42 U.S.C. 6928(d)(2)(A)
January 4, 2001
Adkins was sentenced to six months incarceration, 36 months probation and ordered to pay a $25,000 federal fine.
January 26, 2001
Mayhan was sentenced to 36 months probation, ordered to pay a special assessment fee of $25 and a federal fine in the amount of $10,000.
STATUTE:
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)