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Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the second quarter (April, May, June) of 2001. All together, Ecology issued $509,300 in penalties during the first six months of 2001.
| Date Issued | Company/ Individual | City of Violation | County of Violation | Description of Violation | Penalty Amount |
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| April 25 | Fort James Corp. (Georgia-Pacific pulp mill) | Camas | Clark | Violated air emission permit. | $10,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| June 11 | Longview Fibre Co. | Longview | Cowlitz | Violated air emission permit. | $8,500 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| June 8 | Alford Farms, Inc. | Pasco | Franklin | Burned grass-seed fields (which is prohibited) and burned with no permit. | $3,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| May 7 | Franklin T. Sharp | Moses Lake | Grant | Burned prohibited materials (65 tons of polystyrene and other materials) | $25,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| May 7 | Finn Clausen of Stok Rose Farms Feedlot | Warden | Grant | Discharged untreated waste water and dumping material into Lind Coulee | $12,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| June 25 | Thomas Rotta | George | Grant | Irrigated 60 acres without a water right | $46,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| May 31 | Weyerhaeuser Co. | Cosmopolis | Grays Harbor | Discharged waste water that exceeded permit requirements for pH. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| April 12 | Dana Dolan | Seattle | King | Fishing vessel Columbia spilled 200 gallons of diesel into Salmon Bay. | $3,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 13 | Boatyard LLC | Seattle | King | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 13 | Delta Marine Industries, Inc. | Seattle | King | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 25 | Cap Sante Marine | Kenmore | King | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| May 15 | Sea & Shore Construction | Seattle | King | Barge spilled 1,063 gallons of diesel into Lake Union. | $10,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| May 22 | North Fisheries, Inc. | Seattle | King | Fishing vessel Blue Dutch spilled 20 gallons of diesel into Salmon Bay. | $2,500 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| May 25 | Coastal Transportation, Inc. | Seattle | King | Cargo vessel Coastal Merchant spilled 111 gallons of diesel into Lake Union. | $7,500 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 13 | Kitsap Marine Industries, Inc. | Port Orchard | Kitsap | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 24 | City of Bremerton wastewater treatment plant | Bremerton | Kitsap | Spilled 193,000 gallons of sewage to Sinclair Inlet. | $3,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| June 21 | Harris Transportation | Bremerton | Kitsap | Spilled 700 gallons of gasoline into ditch that drains to Sinclair Inlet. | $1,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| June 13 | Jer-Osa Dairy | Curtis | Lewis | Discharged dairy manure to Chehalis River. | $34,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| May 24 | Town of Harrington | Harrington | Lincoln | Discharged inadequately treated wastevwater into Coal Creek. | $10,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| May 22 | Sato Steamship Company, LTD | Tacoma | Pierce | Spilled oil into Blair Waterway. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| June 11 | CSX Lines | Tacoma | Pierce | Spilled oil into Sitcum Waterway. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| June 20 | Western Wood Preserving Company | Sumner | Pierce | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $3,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| June 26 | HGH Construction LLC | Tacoma | Pierce | Discharged sediment-laden and oily water from construction site to 5th Street Waterway. | $8,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| April 13 | Nugget Boat Works, Inc. | Everett | Snohomish | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| June 22 | Roy Yeager | Colville | Stevens | Illegally discharged animal waste into Clugston Creek. | $6,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| May 4 | Dunlap Towing Company | Olympia | Thurston | Spilled oil to Budd Inlet. | $10,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| May 21 | Black Lake Auto, Inc. | Olympia | Thurston | Failed to submit a stormwater permit application. | $4,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| April 13 | Semiahmoo Marina | Blaine | Whatcom | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 16 | Marine Services NW | Bellingham | Whatcom | Failed to monitor and report stormwater pollutant discharges. | $2,000 |
Curt Hart, 425-649-7009 |
| April 17 | Harrison Road Dairy | Sunnyside | Yakima | Discharged dairy manure to ditch leading to Sulphur Creek. | $6,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| May 9 | 7-Eleven | Yakima | Yakima | Violated underground storage tank regulations. | $6,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
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