Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Leading Edge Aviation Services
Current Parent Company:
Leading Edge Aviation Services
Penalty:
$1,000,000
Year:
2014
Date:
November 4, 2014
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc. (Leading Edge), a corporation headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Glen Davidson, in Aberdeen, Mississippi, following a guilty plea to one felony count of treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste without a permit at Leading Edge's now shuttered Greenville, Mississippi, facility. Judge Davidson sentenced Leading Edge to pay a criminal fine in the amount of $700,000. Leading Edge will pay a separate $275,000 civil penalty to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and a $25,000 community service payment to the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, a non-profit corporation.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case:
criminal
Facility State:
Mississippi
Facility City:
Greenville
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
California
Ownership Structure of Parent:
privately held
Major Industry of Parent:
miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Parent:
aviation services
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
