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NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS AND DIRECTORS: The Washington Department of Ecology has a policy of notifying reporters about all penalties we issue that total $1,000 or more. For significant penalties of $10,000 or more, you are notified right away via news release. Then, every three months, we issue a roundup of all penalties greater than $1,000. The following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more, issued by Ecology during the third quarter [July, August and September] of 1999.
| Issue Date |
County of Violation | City of Violation |
Organization / Individual |
Description of Violation |
Amount Assessed |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Adams | Othello | Gary Yamamoto | Agricultural burning w/o permit. | $2,038 |
| 13-Aug.-99 | Adams | Ritzville | Ronald Newton | Open burning of tires and other prohibited materials. | $12,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Benton | Kennewick | Forest Lybbert Farms, Inc. | Agricultural burning without permit. | $3,127 |
| 1-Sep.-99
Re-issued |
Chelan |
Monitor |
Earl Burts | Burned prohibited materials at illegal dump site. | $22,000 |
| 11-Aug.-99 | Clark | Camas | Wafer Tech LLC | Failed to report wastewater–discharge monitoring data, as required by permit. | $1,000 |
| 10-Aug.-99 | Cowlitz | Kalama | Harvest States Cooperative | Failed to submit sufficient application for wastewater permit. | $4,000 |
| 30-Aug.-99 | Cowlitz
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Longview | VanGrisven Farm | Allowed animal waste to discharge into wetland and a slough that drains to Columbia R. | $10,000 |
| 9-July-99 | Cowlitz | Longview | Weyerhaeuser Co. | Exceeded air pollution limits from facility's lime-kiln stack. | $9,900 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Franklin | Mesa | Rawley Taylor | Grass-seed field burning. | $10,000 |
| 10-Sep.-99 | Grays Harbor | Cosmopolis | Weyerhaeuser Co. Cosmopolis | Discharged waste water with more than two times the limit for fecal coliform bacteria to the lower Chehalis River. | $10,000 |
| 13-Sep.-99 | Grays Harbor | Cosmopolis | Weyerhaeuser Co. Cosmopolis | Self-reported test of discharge water failed to have 80 percent fish survival, violating wastewater discharge permit. | $6,000 |
| 12-Aug.-99 | Grays Harbor | Westport | Washington Crab Producers, Inc. | Failed to submit 5 months of monitoring reports about waste water discharged into Westport Boat Basin. | $10,000 |
| 12-Aug.-99 (separate penalty) |
Grays Harbor | Westport | Washington Crab Producers, Inc. | Failed to submit 5 months of monitoring reports about waste water discharged into Westport Boat Basin. | $10,000 |
| 30-Jul.-99 | King | Seattle | Alliance Marine | Oil spill into Lake Union. | $2,000 |
| 23-Sep.-99 | King, Kitsap, Snohomish, Pierce | Multiple | Allied Aquatics, Inc. | Inadequate public notice of herbicide applications to lakes. | $6,000 |
| 9-Jul.-99 | King | Preston | Talking Rain Beverage Co., Inc. | Disposed production waste water into stormwater system. | $5,000 |
| 13-Aug.-99 | King | Seattle | Port of Seattle | Boat-hull-cleaning wastes released to Lake Union. | $13,000 |
| 6-Aug.-99 | King | Redmond | Connor Homes | Muddy construction storm water released to creek. | $5,000 |
| 3-Aug.-99 | King | Seattle | Robert Landweer Co. | Oil spill. | $1,000 |
| 8-Sep.-99 | King | Seattle | Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. | Oil spill. | $4,000 |
| 17-Sep.-99 | Kitsap | Port Orchard | BO-MAC Gravel Co. | Failed to monitor & report storm water and wastewater discharges. | $10,000 |
| 30-Sep.-99 | Kitsap | Poulsbo | Poulsbo Boat Works | Boat-hull-cleaning wastes released to Puget Sound. | $21,000 |
| 24-Aug.-99 | Kittitas | Kittitas | Brown Boys Feed | Discharged waste water to neighboring property. Failed to implement waste management plan. | $3,000 |
| 1-Jul-99 | Lewis | Onalaska | Stanley Store | Underground storage tank violation. | $1,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Lincoln | Harrington | Treadwise, Inc. | Agricultural burning w/o permit. | $3,273 |
| 14-Aug.-99 | Pacific | Ilwaco | Charles R. Cooles | Diesel fuel spill in Port of Ilwaco. | $1,000 |
| 30-Jul.-99 | Pacific | Raymond | Quality Petroleum Construction | Improper installation of underground storage tank. | $10,000 |
| 23-Jul-99 | Pierce | Tacoma | Cleancare Corp. | Violated more than 50 state environmental regulations in handling hazardous waste. | $373, 500 |
| 22-Jul.-99 | Pierce | Tacoma | Cleancare Corp. | Reckless, intentional discharge of oil & other wastes to storm water draining to Blair Waterway. | $112,500 |
| 11-Aug.-99 | Pierce | Tacoma | Cascade Pole Co. Tacoma | Failed to provide discharge-monitoring report as required by storm water permit. | $8,000 |
| 9-Aug.-99 | Pierce | Tacoma | Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. | Violated air-quality standards. Emitted average of 17.9 lbs. of particulate per ton of aluminum produced in Feb. Maximum allowance is 15 lbs. per ton. | $48,048 |
| 9-Jul.-99 | Snohomish | Lake Stevens | Bobby O Trucking | Steam-cleaning wastes released to small stream. | $4,000 |
| 20-Aug.-99 | Snohomish | Stanwood | BBC- Biesecker Biochemical Co. | Released mercury and other hazardous wastes to sewer | $20,000 |
| 20-Aug.-99 | Snohomish | Stanwood | BBC- Biesecker Biochemical Co. | Improperly managed hazardous materials. | $20,000 |
| 23-Jul.-99 | Spokane | Mead | Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp | Missed deadlines for submitting stormwater management plan and engineering report; violated discharge limits. | $24,000 |
| 9-Aug.-99 | Spokane | Mead | Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp | Bypassed air-pollution-control equipment. | $58,800 |
| 28-Sep.-99 | Stevens | Valley | Jack Simmons | Unauthorized use of water. | $19,400 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Walla Walla | Waitsburg | Zuger Ranch | Agricultural burning w/o permit. | $7,462 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Walla Walla | Waitsburg | Robert Patton | Agricultural burning w/o permit. | $7,600 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Walla Walla | Prescott | Kit Lane | Agricultural burning w/o permit. | $3,132 |
| 10-Aug.-99 | Wahkiakum | Rosburg | Johnson Oil Co. | Delivered oil to underground tank without valid permit | $1,000 |
| 25-Aug.-99 | Whatcom | Custer | Herm and Mike Douma | Manure discharged to water. | $53,000 |
| 23-Jul.-99 | Whatcom | Lynden | City of Lynden | Raw sewage discharged to Fishtrap Creek | $4,000 |
| 8-Sep.-99 | Whatcom | Sumas | Duane Tevelde | Manure discharged to water. | $16,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Colfax | Jon Link | Agricultural burning on "no burn" day. | $2,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Colfax | Kevin Scholz | Agricultural burning on "no burn" day. | $2,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Colfax | Hinnenkamp Bothers | Agricultural burning without permit and on "no burn" day. | $4,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Colton | Larry Hood | Agricultural burning on "no burn" day. | $3,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Pullman | Ray Pogue | Agricultural burning on "no burn" day. | $3,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Garfield | Roger Pennell | Agricultural burning on "no burn" day. | $2,000 |
| 16-Aug.-99 | Whitman | Colfax | Bill Meyers | Agricultural burning on a "no burn" day. | $2,000 |
| 24-Aug.-99 | Yakima | Yakima | Jewel Apple Ltd. | Releasing ammonia water to storm drain. | $3,000 |
| 22-Sep.-99 | Yakima | Moxee City | Bay Zinc Co. | Lead, cadmium contamination to soil and ground water. | $35,000 |
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