NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Tennessee company pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the Clean Water Act by discharging untreated industrial waste into the Nashville sewer system.
Allwaste Onsite, doing business as Onsite Environmental, admitted to bypassing required treatment processes at its Nashville facility between Dec. 5–22, 2022, and Jan. 4–17, 2023, in violation of its local pretreatment permit. This follows the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) investigation into the issue.
Under a plea agreement, the company will pay a $512,000 fine and serve three years of probation, during which it must follow a detailed waste treatment plan…