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FISCAL YEAR: 2022
1. PRINCIPAL DEFENDANT: Nadia Malloian
S.D.  California  3:19-CR-02439
2. DEFENDANT: Lunar Loussia
S.D.  California  3:19-CR-02439
3. DEFENDANT: WellgreensCA
S.D.  California  3:19-CR-02439

Nadia Malloian worked as a manager for WellgreensCA, Inc., a company that processed cannabis to extract oils for sale. During the manufacturing process, WellgreensCA generated various wastes, including 55-gallon drums of waste ethanol, an ignitable hazardous waste. As a large quantity hazardous waste generator, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) required the company to transport all hazardous waste off site, with a hazardous waste manifest.

Between February and June 2018, WellgreensCA, Malloian, and company owner Lunar Louissa, paid an individual, R.U. (deceased) to take drums of ethanol waste and dispose of them behind a number of buildings. In May 2018, R.U. abandoned drums behind a supermarket (along with laboratory reports). A supermarket employee contacted local authorities who subsequently traced the barrels back to WellgreensCA, after contacting the laboratory noted in the reports.



October 27, 2021
A court sentenced Nadia Malloian to pay a $15,000 fine, complete a three-year term of probation, and $26,482 in restitution paid between the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health Services, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, and the California Department of Transportation.
CITATION: 18 U.S.C. 3, 42 U.S.C. 6928(d)(5)
March 7, 2022
WellgreensCA was sentenced to pay a $45,000 fine and $26,482 in restitution joint with the other co-defendants. Lunar Louissa was sentenced to serve three years of probation, pay a $1,000 fine, and $26,482 in restitution joint with the other co-defendants.
CITATION: 42 U.S.C. 6928(d)(5)
STATUTE:
  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
  • Title 18 U.S. Criminal Code (TITLE 18)

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