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OWNER OF WASHINGTON STATE BUSINESS SENTENCED
Release Date: 01/25/2002
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002
Randy Jones, the owner of Northwest Recycling, a used oil and anti-freeze recycling business in Spokane, Wash., was sentenced to five years probation and was ordered to pay $20,000 in cleanup costs for the illegal storage of hazardous waste in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Jones pleaded guilty to illegally storing approximately sixty 55-gallon drums of ignitable concrete sealer and bonding plaster waste that he had been paid more than $10,000 to dispose of by local construction companies. This ignitable waste was legally a hazardous waste, and Northwest Recycling was not licensed to store or dispose of hazardous waste. The storage of ignitable hazardous wastes by unlicensed facilities presents a potential fire hazard. The case was investigated by EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division and the State of Washington Environmental Crimes Task Force. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Spokane.
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