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Lockheed Martin

RCRA and False Claims Act Violations at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Date: 08/28/2003 (Date of DOJ Intervention)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: Energy

Contracting Party: Energy

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $0

Disposition: Pending

Synopsis: “On August 28, 2003, the Department of Justice (the DoJ) filed complaints in partial intervention in two lawsuits filed under the qui tam provisions of the Civil False Claims Act in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, United States ex rel. Natural Resources Defense Council, et al v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al, and United States ex rel. John D. Tillson v. Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., et al. [Both cases were joined in 2004.] The DoJ alleges that we committed violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant by not properly handling, storing, and transporting hazardous waste and that we violated the False Claims Act by misleading Department of Energy officials and state regulators about the nature and extent of environmental noncompliance at the plant. We dispute the allegations and are defending against them.” A trial is currently scheduled for 2011.