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FISCAL YEAR: 2023
1. PRINCIPAL DEFENDANT: Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation
D. Alaska 3:22-cr-00087
D. Alaska 3:22-cr-00087
2. DEFENDANT: Michael Tompkins
Alaska 3VA-23-00008CR
Alaska 3VA-23-00008CR
Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation (“PWSAC”) illegally disposed of hazardous waste at one of its hatcheries. On June 27, 2018, the maintenance manager at the Cannery Creek Hatchery instructed an employee to burn several 50-gallon drums containing hazardous waste, causing serious injury to the employee. Cannery Creek and other hatcheries had been accumulating hazardous waste for many years without an appropriate method of storage or disposal.
As part of its probation, PWSAC will follow an environmental compliance plan requiring it to prepare an environmental compliance manual and undergo site visits by a third-party auditor, among other requirements.
February 16, 2023
PWSAC was sentenced to a $450,000 fine, $550,000 in restitution, and 5 years of probation.
CITATION: 42 U.S.C. 6928(d)(2)(A)
April 6, 2023
Tompkins was sentenced to serve a 180 day prison sentence (suspended) and serve one year of probation.
STATUTE:
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- State (STATE)