Engineer B Non-Aiding Unlawful Hazardous Waste Disposal
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#Engineer_B_Non-Aiding_Unlawful_Hazardous_Waste_Disposal
Properties
Instance of
Non-AidingUnlawfulEngineeringPracticeObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Non-AidingUnlawfulEngineeringPracticeObligation
Case context
Engineer B's suggestion that the drums 'be removed' without specifying legal disposal requirements or notifying authorities facilitated the client's engagement of another firm for removal that may not have complied with hazardous waste disposal regulations.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer B
Obligation statement
Engineer B was obligated to refrain from facilitating the client's potential unlawful disposal of hazardous waste by suggesting removal without analysis, regulatory notification, or specification of legally compliant disposal requirements.
Temporal scope
At the time of client notification and disposal suggestion.
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Client Unregulated Hazardous Material Removal
derivedFromPrinciple
Environmental Law Violation Reporting Obligation — Hazardous Waste Discovery
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B informs the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggests that they be removed.
Text references
Engineer B informs the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggests that they be removed.
If the material is hazardous waste, Technician A knows that certain steps would legally have to be taken to transport and properly dispose of the drum including notifying the proper federal and state authorities.
The client contacts another firm and has the material removed.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Engineer B's suggestion that the drums 'be removed' without specifying legal disposal requirements or notifying authorities facilitated the client's engagement of another firm for removal that may not have complied with hazardous waste disposal regulations." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
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proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
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proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer B" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Non-Aiding Unlawful Engineering Practice Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer B was obligated to refrain from facilitating the client's potential unlawful disposal of hazardous waste by suggesting removal without analysis, regulatory notification, or specification of legally compliant disposal requirements." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B informs the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggests that they be removed." ;
proeth:temporalscope "At the time of client notification and disposal suggestion." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B informs the client of the presence of drums containing 'questionable material' and suggests that they be removed.",
"If the material is hazardous waste, Technician A knows that certain steps would legally have to be taken to transport and properly dispose of the drum including notifying the proper federal and state authorities.",
"The client contacts another firm and has the material removed." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.890279"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:19:38.832481+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:19:38.832481+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.890279
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction