Business 8th Edition by Marianne Jennings

Exercise 16

Master Chemical Company of Boston, Massachusetts, manufactured chemicals used primarily in the shoe industry, In 1982, when Master discovered that its underground storage tank filled with toluene was leaking, the two-thousand-gallon tank was emptied. In 1984, Master sold its plant, and the tank was removed. Goldberg-Zoino Associates, Inc. (GZA) was hired to do the cleanup, and it hired MacDonald Watson to do the excavation, transportation, and disposal of the toluene-contaminated soil in the area where the tank had been.
MacDonald Watson had a permit for liquid waste disposal but none for solid waste disposal. MacDonald Watson transported nine 25-yard dump-truck loads and one 20-yard load of toluene-contaminated soil to the disposal lot. The Justice Department brought criminal actions against MacDonald Watson and three of its officers, including Eugene K. D'Allesandro, its president.
Can Mr. D'Allesandro be convicted? [ United States v MacDonald Watson Waste Oil Co., 933 F.2d 35 (1st Cir. 1991)]