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California Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste in Backyard 11-23-11 | News

California Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste in Backyard




A Reseda, Calif. Resident was sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally storing toxic and explosive hazardous wastes and materials.
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Edward Wyman (64), from Reseda, Calif. has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for illegally storing toxic and explosive hazardous wastes, materials that posed an imminent danger to nearby residents, in his backyard. The sentence is the longest handed down by a California federal judge in a hazardous waste case.

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Following a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted Wyman of the felony environmental crime on April 5, 2011. In addition to convicting Wyman of violating the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the jury made a special finding that the defendant?EUR??,,????'?????<

Wyman was also ordered to pay $800,000 to the United States Environmental Protection Agency?EUR??,,????'?????<

Wyman was charged in June 2009, after firefighters responded to a report of a fire and explosions at Wyman?EUR??,,????'?????<

 

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