5 FACING CHARGES IN SPILL; '93 EDWARDS INCIDENT LEADS TO INDICTMENTS.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A federal grand jury indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. five executives and employees of two construction companies accused of conspiring against the government in connection with a 1993 fuel spill. The jury in Fresno handed down indictments against an executive and three workers for a Delaware construction company and an executive from its Texas subcontractor, blamed for the rupture of a $1.8 million underground pipeline they built at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . ``When you have these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. done intentionally, it's something you have to take seriously,'' said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl Faller, chief of the Fresno office. ``It's a fairly expensive project.'' Indicted were Benjamin Tinsdale III, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Martech USA, now bankrupt; Martech employees William Nicholson There have been several well-known people named William Nicholson, including:
The indictment claimed that Martech was hired by Edwards Air Force Base in September 1991 to lay a pipeline between a fuel storage tank and a pump house but failed to adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. their contract. ``Specifically, problems included negligently cutting into an existing fuel line, failing to pay subcontractors, failing to maintain required technical personnel on site, failing to construct a new pipeline to specifications, and failing to meet contract schedule deadlines,'' the indictment stated. Beginning in May 1993, Edwards personnel complained of repeated alarms from the pipeline's leak detection system, and Martech was called back to make repairs. On Nov. 13, 1993, the fuel line ruptured, causing what the indictment described as a massive fuel spill. Base officials and federal prosecutors were unable to provide a specific figure on the amount of fuel that leaked. An investigation showed that Martech cut holes in the fuel line to retrieve faulty parts of the leak detection system, then patched them up and installed resistor devices to circumvent the leak warning system, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the indictment. Martech filed for reorganization under bankruptcy laws in December 1993, then went into a liquidation The collection of assets belonging to a debtor to be applied to the discharge of his or her outstanding debts. A type of proceeding pursuant to federal Bankruptcy bankruptcy in December 1994 after it was barred for doing further government work, the indictment stated. |
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