United States v. Emilio A. Perez

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• conviction included two counts of unpermitted discharge of pollutants into wetlands; no departure under Note 7; no valid mitigating circumstances raised at sentencing hearing
• “Where the same language appears in two guidelines, it is generally presumed that the language bears the same meaning in both. It is also generally presumed that the disparate inclusion or exclusion of language is intentional and purposeful.” (citation omitted)
• rules of statutory construction apply to Sentencing Guidelines and commentary
• pollutants dumped by truck into wetlands

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