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02-079
Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the first quarter (January, February and March) of 2002.
| Date of Issue | County of Violation | City of Violation | Company or Individual | Description of Violation | Amount Assessed | Media Contact |
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Jan. 16 |
Adams |
Othello |
Pete's Septic & Excavation |
Failed to submit records about amount, location and number of acres that received domestic septage |
$ 2,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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Jan. 31 |
Clallam |
Port Angeles |
ODRA, Deep Sea Fishing Company |
Spilled 53 gallons of oil into Port Angeles Harbor |
$ 6,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 14 |
Clallam |
Port Angeles |
Alaska Tanker Company LLC |
Spilled approximately 462 gallons of oil into Port Angeles Harbor |
$25,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 13 |
Clark |
Vancouver |
MMS Company Ltd. |
Spilled oil into Columbia River in Vancouver |
$ 1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Clark |
Vancouver |
SECOR International, Inc. |
Illegally discharged chemicals into Columbia River |
$ 1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 4 |
Clark |
Vancouver |
ST Services |
Violated industrial stormwater permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 7 |
Cowlitz |
Woodland |
Eagle Ridge Development |
Allowed water polluted with petroleum & cleaners to run off property and threaten underground water, nearby drinking wells and Lewis R. |
$10,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 5 |
Cowlitz |
Kelso |
Foster Farms |
Exceeded pollution limits of wastewater discharge permit |
$ 1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 11 |
Cowlitz |
Longview |
Longview Fibre Co. |
Exceeded permit limits for waste water discharged to Columbia River |
$32,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 22 |
Cowlitz |
Kalama |
Noveon Kalama, Inc. |
Spilled chemicals into Columbia River |
$10,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 31 |
Grant |
Ephrata |
Tesoro |
Delivered to underground storage tank without valid permit |
$ 1,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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Jan. 29 |
Grays Harbor |
Westport |
Merino's Seafood, Inc. |
Failed to protect water quality in Grays Harbor. |
$55,800 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 15 |
Grays Harbor |
Cosmopolis |
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
Exceeded permit limits in waste water discharged into Grays Harbor |
$ 7,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Grays Harbor |
Hoquiam |
The Shipyard |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 22 |
Grays Harbor |
Oakville |
Launi Forar Heifer Operation |
Failed to pump manure storage lagoon & develop farm plan |
$ 4,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 29 |
Jefferson |
West side of Hood Canal |
Russell Trask |
Disturbed slide-prone areas without proper environmental review |
$10,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Jefferson |
Port Townsend |
Fleet Marine, Inc. |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 26 |
King |
Woodinville |
Seavesto, Inc. |
Sediment and untreated water from construction site released into Little Bear Creek |
$ 5,000 |
Larry Altose
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Jan. 8 |
King |
Seattle |
Cheryl Belcher |
Spilled 150 gallons of diesel oil when fishing vessel Sea Lassie sank in Salmon Bay |
$ 1,500 |
Larry Altose
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Feb. 19 |
Kittitas |
Ellensburg |
B&G Farms Brown Boys Feed |
Deliberately spilled diesel fuel onto ground |
$20,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder |
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Feb. 13 |
Lewis |
Chehalis |
I.P. Callison & Sons |
Allowed waste water contaminated with mint oil to enter Salzer Creek, a tributary of Chehalis River |
$24,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Mason |
Grapeview |
Marine Project Center |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Pacific |
Raymond |
Swegle Boatworks |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Pacific |
Ilwaco |
Port of Ilwaco Boatyard |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 11 |
Pacific |
Ilwaco |
Mark Elliott |
Failed to report oil spilled from ship sinking in mouth of Columbia River |
$ 2,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 10 |
Pierce |
Tacoma |
Schnitzer Steel of Tacoma (General Metals of Tacoma) |
Released dust from car recycling into Hylebos Waterway while loading/unloading barges |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 16 |
Pierce |
Tacoma |
Philip Services Corporation |
Failed to manage waste as required by permit |
$ 9,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 5 |
Pierce |
Fife |
Toulok Seafoods, Inc. |
Spilled up to 200 gallons of diesel along Pacific Highway East |
$40,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Feb. 11 |
Pierce |
Sumner |
Sonoco Products Co. |
Violated wastewater discharge permit, allowing pollution to enter White River |
$17,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 5 |
Pierce |
Gig Harbor |
Richard O'Neill |
Pressure-washed sediment and oil into storm drain |
$ 1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Jan. 24 |
Pierce |
Gig Harbor |
Paul Ancich |
Spilled oil from ship that sank at Ancich Dock |
$ 1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 1 |
Pierce |
Tacoma |
Leonard Briggs |
Spilled diesel into Commencement Bay |
$ 1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 29 |
Pierce |
Sumner |
Fleischmann's Vinegar |
Failed to submit wastewater-discharge monitoring reports, as required by permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Pierce |
Tacoma |
Totem Marine Services |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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March 21 |
Pierce |
Tacoma |
Picks Cove Marina |
Failed to meet requirements of boatyard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 1 |
Snohomish |
Mukilteo |
Production Plating, Inc. |
Released concentrations of toxic metals into sanitary sewer in excess of permit limitations |
$20,000 |
Larry Altose |
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March 21 |
Thurston |
Olympia |
West Bay Marine Services, LLC |
Failed to meet requirements of boat yard permit |
$ 2,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Feb. 13 |
Whatcom |
Blaine |
Frank Cladoosky |
Spilled 100 gallons of diesel oil when fishing vessel Glory sank in Drayton Harbor |
$ 5,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Feb. 1 |
Whatcom |
Lynden |
Darigold, Inc. (Westfarm Foods) |
Spilled 20,000 gallons of milk to sanitary sewer, violating permit limitations |
$12,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Feb. 1 |
Yakima |
Union Gap |
Clasen Fruit and Cold Storage Co. |
Illegally discharged drencher solution containing diphenylamine; other permit violations |
$ 2,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder |
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