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NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS AND DIRECTORS: The Washington Department of Ecology has a policy of notifying reporters about all penalties issued that total $1,000 or more. Individual news releases are issued for penalties of $10,000 or more. Then, every three months, a roundup of all penalties greater than $1,000 is reported in this Quarterly Penalty Summary. The following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more, issued by Ecology during the fourth quarter [October, November and December] of 2000.
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Date Issued |
Company/ Individual |
City of Violation |
County of Violation |
Description of Violation |
Penalty Amount |
Media |
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11/9/00 |
Stahl Huttarian Brethren |
Ritzville |
Adams |
Illegal irrigation on unauthorized property |
$31,500 |
Jani Gilbert |
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10/3/00 |
Rixon Well Drilling |
Port Angeles |
Clallam |
Failed to follow well drilling regulations and operated without a valid license. |
$5,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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11/15/00 |
Shunzan Kaiun Co. Ltd. |
Vancouver |
Clark |
Violated state regulations for bunkering (fueling), risking an oil spill. |
$2,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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11/21/00 |
Corrosion Controllers, Inc. |
Washougal |
Clark |
Failed to submit a stormwater plan as previously ordered. |
$5,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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11/30/00 |
Weslie Ford Mercury Motors |
Camas |
Clark |
Spilled waste oil. |
$1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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12/5/00 |
Colson Rendering Inc. |
Vancouver |
Clark |
Failed to comply with waste discharge permit. |
$6,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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10/9/00 |
Weyerhaeuser Paper Co. |
Longview |
Cowlitz |
Emitted odors that caused public complaints. |
$5,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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11/22/00 |
Chadwick Trucking Co. |
Cowlitz |
Oil spill to Toutle River |
$1,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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11/27/00 |
United Parcel Service |
Longview |
Cowlitz |
Violated state regulations for handling hazardous waste |
$22,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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12/4/00 |
Longview Auto Wreckers |
Longview |
Cowlitz |
Failed to submit a stormwater plan as previously ordered. |
$5,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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11/17/00 |
Triple J Trucking |
East Wenatchee |
Douglas |
Diesel fuel spill to Peshastin Creek |
$1,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder |
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10/13/00 |
Tidewater Terminal Co. |
Pasco |
Franklin |
Gasoline spill from damaged pipeline |
$240,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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11/9/00 |
Marlin Hutterian Brethren |
Marlin |
Grant |
Illegal irrigation on unauthorized land |
$33,600 |
Jani Gilbert |
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11/9/00 |
Marlin Hutterian Brethren |
Marlin |
Grant |
Illegal irrigation on unauthorized land |
$89,300 |
Jani Gilbert |
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10/31/00 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
Cosmopolis |
Grays harbor |
Violated terms of wastewater discharge permit for biochemical oxygen demand level. |
$1,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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10/11/00 |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. |
Seattle |
King |
Spilled 1,230 gallons of bunker fuel into Elliott Bay. |
$7,500 |
Curt Hart |
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11/16/00 |
Boyer Alaska barge line |
Seattle |
King |
Spilled 15 gallons of diesel fuel into Duwamish River. |
$1,000 |
Curt Hart |
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11/21/00 |
Jim Beaton/Westwind Seafood |
Seattle |
King |
Spilled 30 gallons of diesel fuel into Salmon Bay. |
$1,000 |
Curt Hart |
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12/21/00 |
Kitsap Co. Sewer Dist. #5 |
Port Orchard |
Kitsap |
Discharged untreated wastewater to Annapolis Creek, which drains to Sinclair Inlet. |
$6,000 |
Curt Hart |
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11/15/00 |
Goldendale Aluminum Co. |
Goldendale |
Klickitat |
Failure to install a baghouse designed to minimize particulate air emissions. |
$6,000 |
Caitlin Cormier |
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11/20/00 |
Westward Seafoods, Inc. |
Tacoma |
Pierce |
Spill |
$7,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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12/19/00 |
Trident Seafoods |
Tacoma |
Pierce |
Negligent oil spill into Commencement Bay |
$1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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12/1/00 |
Richard Barnes |
Friday Harbor |
San Juan |
Spilled 50 gallons of diesel fuel into Mitchell Bay. |
$1,250 |
Curt Hart |
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12/4/00 |
Pacific Circuits/TTM Inc. |
Burlington |
Skagit |
Violated conditions of wastewater discharge permit for transmissivity. |
$8,500 |
Curt Hart |
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11/17/00 |
Kimberly Clark Corp. |
Everett |
Snohomish |
Violated conditions of wastewater discharge permit for total suspended solids and pH. |
$20,000 |
Curt Hart |
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10/16/00 |
Robert Novak, Big D Septic Service |
Deer Park |
Spokane |
Illegal land application of septage. |
$2,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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11/9/00 |
Jack and Jason Simmons |
Valley |
Stevens |
Illegal irrigation on unauthorized land. |
$45,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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10/23/00 |
John Lui |
Olympia |
Thurston |
Spilled waste oil into Budd Inlet. |
$1,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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