Quantum Windbag
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Can anyone tell me why a guy dumping gas in a sewer puts you on the EPA most wanted list? Why is that a felony on the first place?
Epa: Pursuit of gasoline dumper spurs debate over fugitives list -- 01/11/2012 -- www.eenews.net
It wasn't hard to track down Jun Wang the first time he ran from the crime that would eventually land him on U.S. EPA's list of wanted fugitives.
Wang fled after employees of a Kettering, Ohio, tire shop confronted him as he drained gasoline from his delivery truck into a storm sewer near their store on Nov. 18, 2003.
Amid the commotion, the panicked Wang failed to replace his fuel-tank plug, and his truck trailed gasoline through a parking lot and through the streets of Kettering.
He didn't replace the plug until his next food delivery stop. But it was too late. Authorities weren't far behind.
Wang, a Chicago native, was eventually charged with one count of criminal violation of the Clean Water Act. Facing up to three years in prison and a quarter-million dollars in fines, he ran a second time.
Epa: Pursuit of gasoline dumper spurs debate over fugitives list -- 01/11/2012 -- www.eenews.net