U.S. v. MacDONALD & WATSON WASTE OIL CO.

Nos. 90-1051 to 90-1054 and 90-1212.

933 F.2d 35 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. MacDONALD & WATSON WASTE OIL COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. NARRAGANSETT IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eugene K. D'ALLESANDRO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Faust RITAROSSI, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Frances SLADE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan Slavitt with whom Fine & Ambrogne, Boston, Mass., David H. Sholes and Sholes & Sholes were on brief, Warwick, R.I., for defendant, appellant MacDonald & Watson Waste Oil Co.

Stephen R. Delinsky with whom Fine & Ambrogne was on brief, Boston, Mass., for defendant, appellant Eugene K. D'Allesandro.

Jack Zalkind, Boston, Mass., for defendant, appellant Frances Slade.

William A. Dimitri, Jr., Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellant Faust Ritarossi.

John Tramonti, Jr., with whom Karen R. Ellsworth was on brief, Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellant Narragansett Impr. Co.

Joseph G. Block, Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., Environmental Crimes Section, with whom Richard B. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Craig Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., H. Claire Whitney, James A. Morgulec, J. Carol Williams and Edward J. Shawaker, Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Div., were on brief, Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the criminal liability of individuals and corporations under hazardous waste disposal laws.

Following a jury trial in the district court, appellants were convicted, inter alia, of having violated criminal provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. (1982 & Supp. V 1987) and the Comprehensive...

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