United States v. William B. Ellen, United States of America v. William B. Ellen

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents several issues pertaining to defendant’s conviction for illegally discharging pollutants into wetlands in violation of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. Defendant appeals his conviction, and both defendant and the United States appeal the district court’s application of the Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm both the conviction and the sentence.

I

Defendant William B. Ellen received a degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Old Dominion University in 1972. For the following four years, he was a staff environmental engineer…