[DOWNLOAD] "United States v. Wright" by United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Wright
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Release Date : January 15, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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ANDERSON, Circuit Judge. Appellant, Gerald Wright, entered a conditional guilty plea to a charge of violating 18 U.S.C. 1001, which, inter alia, makes it a crime to make a false written report ""in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States."" The false reports submitted by Mr. Wright contained water quality data required by regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (""EPA"") pursuant to the Safe Water Drinking Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f -300k (the ""Act""). The reports were filed with the Oklahoma State Department of Health, through the Sequoyah County Department of Health; and the EPA had granted primary enforcement authority over drinking water standards to the State of Oklahoma. Mr. Wright unsuccessfully moved to dismiss the indictment against him, on the ground that the reports he filed were not matters within the jurisdiction of the EPA and, therefore, the district court lacked jurisdiction. On appeal he reasserts his position. We hold that the reports were matters within the jurisdiction of the EPA. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's denial of the motion to dismiss, and the conviction.