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29 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1235 (1991-1992)
Sentencing Environmental Crimes

handle is hein.journals/amcrimlr29 and id is 1249 raw text is: SENTENCING ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES Gary S. Lincenbergt I. DEVELOPING THE ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES ........... 1237 A. Enhancing Criminal Penalties under the Substantive Environm ental Laws ............................. 1237 B, Developing the Environmental Sentencing Guidelines . 1238 1. For individual defendants .................... 1238 2. For corporate defendants ..................... 1239 II. APPLYING THE GUIDELINES ............................... 1240 A. Individual Defendants ............................ 1240 1. Chapter Two: Offense Conduct ................ 1240 a. Base Offense Level ...................... 1241 b. Specific Offense Characteristics ........... 1241 1) Subsection (b)(1): Discharge and Actual Contam ination ..................... 1241 2) Subsection (b)(2): Death or Serious Bodily Injury ...................... 1244 3) Subsection (b)(3): Disruption, Evacua- tion, or Clean-Up ................... 1244 4) Subsection (b)(4): Lack of a Permit... 1246 5) Subsection (b)(5): Concealment ....... 1248 6) Subsection (b)(6): Simple Violation ... 1248 2. Chapter Three: Adjustments .................. 1249 a. Vulnerable Victims ....... .............. 1249 b. Role in the Offense ..................... 1249 c. Abuse of Position of Trust or Use of Special S k ill . .. . .. . ... .. . .... .. ... .. . .. .. . . . . 12 5 1 d. Obstruction of Justice ................... 1251 e. M ultiple Counts ........................ 1252 3. Chapter Five: Computing and Departing from the Sentencing Range ........................... 1252 4. Restitution and Fines for Individual Defendants 1253 1. The author is a deputy chief in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of fellow Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Schiff and Raymond W. Mushal, a Senior Counsel in the Envi- ronmental Crimes Section of the Department of Justice. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author, and they are not necessarily those of the Department of Justice. 1235

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