Lockheed, Subsidiaries to Pay $5 Million To Settle RCRA Violations at Uranium Plant

摘要

Lockheed Martin Corp. and two subsidiaries have agreed to pay $5 million in penalties over false claims submitted to the Energy Department for payments connected to contracted work at a uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Ky., the Justice Department announced Feb. 29 (Nat. Res. Def. Council v. Lockheed Martin Corp., W.D. Ky., No. 99-cv-00170-gns, proposed settlement filed 2/26/16). Lockheed, headquartered in Bethesda, Md., violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which regulates hazardous waste management, during its contract from 1984 to 1999 at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, the DOJ alleged. Specifically, the Justice Department accused Lockheed of failing to make hazardous waste determinations and to comply with land-disposal restrictions. The company also allegedly failed to comply with hazardous waste shipment requirements, operated a hazardous waste disposal facility without a permit or interim status and did not comply with RCRA permit conditions.