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Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the third quarter (July, August, September) of 2001. All together, Ecology issued $1,183,700 in penalties during the first nine months of 2001.
| Date of Issue | Company/ Individual | City of Violation | County of Violation | Description of Violation | Amount Assessed | Media Contact |
| Sept. 25 | Sharp, Franklin T. | Moses Lake | Adams | Illegally burned 65 tons of polystyrene and other materials. | $25,000 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| Aug. 22 | Robinson, Joseph (Coeur d'Alene Service Station) | Clarkston | Asotin | Conducted underground tank line-leak detection without proper certification. | $1,000 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| Aug. 1 | U.S. Dept. of Energy | Richland | Benton | Failed to begin constructing tank-waste treatment plant, per the Tri-Party Agreement. | $50,000 |
Sheryl Hutchison 360-407-7004 |
| Sept. 2 | Carson E. Lindley | Port Angeles | Clallam | Negligently spilled 2 gallons of diesel oil to Port Angeles Harbor. | $1,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 21 | Apex Marine Ship Management Company | Vancouver | Clark | Failed to respond to a "notice of violation" and administrative order to correct numerous fueling violations. | $1,750 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 28 | Allweather Wood Treaters, Inc. | Washougal | Clark | Violated stormwater permit. | $3,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 10 | Rotta, Tom A. | George | Grant | Used water to irrigate 60 acres without proper authorization. | $46,000 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| June 11 | Weyerhaeuser Company * | Cosmopolis | Grays Harbor | Discharged waste water that exceeded permit limits for pH and bioassay testing (fish survival). | $3,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| July 12 | Weyerhaeuser Company | Cosmopolis | Grays Harbor | Discharged waste water that exceeded permit requirements for bioassay testing (fish survival). | $2,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| July 18 | Port Townsend Paper Corp. | Port Townsend | Jefferson | Violated air operating permit. | $7,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 1 | Port Townsend Paper Corp. | Port Townsend | Jefferson | Violated air operating permit. | $9,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 6 | Burlington Environmental Inc. (corporate laboratory) | Renton | King | Mismanaged and improperly stored dangerous wastes. | $50,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| July 18 | Barkshire Panel Systems Inc. | Federal Way | King | Discharged contaminated water to storm drain; inadequate stormwater pollution prevention plan. | $3,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| July 25 | Washington State Dept. of Transportation | Issaquah | King | Discharged turbid stormwater runoff to E. Fork Issaquah Creek and improperly controlled stormwater at I-90/Sunset interchange construction project. | $6,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Aug 14 | Pacific Fisherman Inc. | Seattle | King | Discharged paint to Lake Washington Ship Canal/use of unapproved treatment system. | $3,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Aug. 19 | Henry T. Jackson (Motor vessel "Cleveland") | Seattle | King | Spilled approx. 70 gal. of diesel oil after sinking 40' fishing vessel at Pier 66. | $1,250 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Aug. 6 | Burlington Environmental Inc. (Philip Services Corp. hazardous waste treatment facility) | Kent | King | Mismanaged dangerous wastes. See Burlington Environmental Item, Renton, above. | $114,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Sept. 21 | William McGonagle (Motor vessel "Heritage") | Bainbridge Is | Kitsap | Spilled up to 20 gal. of diesel oil after accidental grounding of 40' pleasure vessel near Camano Is. State Park. | $2,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Sept. 25 | State Parks & Rec. Commission, Blake Island State Park | Manchester | Kitsap | Expired sewage treatment system permit; excessive concentrations of pollutants released into Puget Sound. | $10,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Aug. 24 | Simpson Timber Company | Shelton | Mason | Spilled oil into Oakland Bay. | $16,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| July 30 | Associated Petroleum Products, Inc. | Eatonville | Pierce | Spilled fuel oil into a tributary of Lynch Creek. | $47,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| July 17 | Grand Forks Auto Wrecking | Puyallup | Pierce | Failed to apply for an industrial stormwater discharge permit. | $4,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 8 | McClary Columbia Corp. | Tacoma | Pierce | Violated dangerous-waste regulations. | $42,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 6 | Burlington Environmental Inc. | Tacoma | Pierce | Mismanaged dangerous wastes. | $66,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 22 | Fields Corporation | Tacoma | Pierce | Spilled diesel oil down a stormwater ditch near Commencement Bay. | $25,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Aug. 1 | Vitamilk Dairy Products | Edmonds | Snohomish | Spill of approx. 70 gal. of diesel oil from delivery truck to Hall Creek, Edmonds. | $1,000 |
Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Sept. 20 | Borja, Sonny | Lacey | Thurston | Negligently spilled transmission oil. | $1,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Sept. 14 | Ahler Steve | Walla Walla | Walla Walla | Used water for irrigation without a valid water-right permit. | $49,500 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| Sept. 16 | Kolke Jerry | Walla Walla | Walla Walla | Irrigated without a valid water-right permit. | $48,900 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| Sept. 25 | Ted Rasmussen Farms LLC | Tekoa | Whitman | Illegally burned grass-seed fields in October 1999. | $10,000 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| July 3 | Mader, Steve | Pullman | Whitman | Allowed field burning smoke to obscure visibility on a state highway. | $16,000 |
Jani Gilbert 509-456-4464 |
| Aug. 16 | Burlington Northern Railroad | Union Gap | Yakima | Spilled diesel fuel during train derailment. | $10,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder 509-575-2610 |
* not reflected in 2nd-quarter penalty summary
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