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Department of Ecology News Release - Feb. 12, 2003
(Corrected Feb. 14, 2003; see News Release 03-031)
03-025
OLYMPIA - Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the third and fourth quarters of 2002 (July through December). The six-month total is $475,480.
All together, Ecology issued nearly $16.9 million in penalties in 2002, with two penalties accounting for $15.72 million of the total – levied against Shell Oil Co. and Olympic Pipe Line Company for the pipeline explosion in Bellingham in 1999.
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Date Issued |
County of
violation |
City of
violation |
Penalty
recipient |
Description of
violation |
Amount Assessed |
Media Contact |
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July 3 |
Pacific |
Ilwaco |
Daniel Meyers |
Spilled oil into |
$1,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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July 8 |
King |
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Coastal Transportation, Inc. |
Discharged diesel fuel into |
$12,000 |
Larry Altose |
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July 16 |
Grant |
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B and G Farms |
Air quality violation for burning mint slugs and responding
inadequately to fire |
$24,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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July 16 |
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Ross Brothers Construction Inc. |
Illegally discharged hydraulic oil into |
$1,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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July 16 |
Clallam |
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Brusco Brothers Tug and Barge Inc. |
Spilled oil into |
$1,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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July 25 |
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Washougal |
Exterior Wood |
Violated stormwater permit |
$3,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Aug. 2 |
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Illegally discharged waste water |
$7,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Aug. 22 |
Whatcom |
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Whatcom County Water District 10 |
Discharged raw sewage into |
$24,000 |
Joan Pelley |
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Aug. 23 |
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Tri-City Railroad Co. |
Spilled hazardous material from rail car |
$7,500 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder |
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Aug. 28 |
King |
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Professional Marine Co. |
Improperly stored oil; sander dust deposited into |
$7,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Aug. 29 |
Thurston |
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Miller Brewing |
Spilled beer onto ground and into |
$3,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Sept. 5 |
Chelan |
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Longview Fibre Co. |
Illegally installed new
boiler without approval |
$4,500 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder |
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Sept. 20 |
Snohomish |
Stanwood |
Roy N. |
Failed to submit discharge monitoring reports, engineering
reports, plans and specifications |
$10,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Sept. 9 |
Pierce |
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Manke Lumber Co. |
Violated stormwater permit |
$7,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Sept. 10 |
Whatcom |
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Strider Construction Co. Inc. |
Contaminated discharges to Beaver Creek |
$3,000 |
Joan Pelley |
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Sept. 10 |
Whatcom |
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Whatcom County Sewer District 10 |
Violated construction stormwater permit |
$3,000 |
Joan Pelley |
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Sept. 20 |
King |
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Graham Steel |
Violated several conditions of its industrial stormwater permit |
$3,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Oct. 1 |
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Sunnyside |
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Discharged manure- contaminated water |
$22,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder |
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Oct. 4 |
King |
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Island Tug and Barge |
Discharged gravel into |
$2,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Oct. 14 |
Pierce |
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Spilled diesel into |
$10,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Oct. 15 |
King |
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Spilled diesel fuel into |
$20,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Oct. 15 |
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Othello |
Degerstrom Corp. |
Violated air quality emission limits at asphalt plant |
$7,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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Oct. 25 |
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Washington Department of Corrections |
Failed to properly manage hazardous waste at the penitentiary |
$54,000 |
Jani Gilbert |
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Oct. 26 |
Pierce |
Sumner |
Girard Pallet Management |
Illegally dumped paint into a storm drain |
$1,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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Oct. 29 |
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Columbia Colstor Inc./ Pacific Seafood |
Discharged ammonia into |
$3,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Oct. 30 |
Pierce |
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Pierce Co. Public Works and Utilities |
Spilled nearly 2,000 gallons of diesel into a ditch draining into
Compresser Creek |
$8,500 |
Sandy Howard |
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Nov. 1 |
Pierce |
Sumner |
Sonoco Products Co. |
Exceeded pollution limits in its wastewater discharge permit |
$8,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Nov. 8 |
Pierce |
Sumner |
Pasquier Panel Products Inc. |
Failed to obtain industrial stormwater permit |
$4,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Nov. 8 |
Clallam |
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Murrey's Olympic Disposal |
Failed to obtain industrial stormwater permit |
$4,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Nov. 8 |
King |
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Dollar's Corner Auto Wrecking |
Failed to obtain industrial stormwater permit |
$4,000 |
Sandy Howard |
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Nov. 26 |
King |
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Allowed oil to leak from |
$99,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Nov. 26 |
King |
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Kinder-Morgan Energy Partners LLP |
Allowed oil to leak from |
$24,500 |
Larry Altose |
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Nov. 27 |
King |
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City of |
Allowed a dry-weather sewage overflow into |
$8,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Dec. 2 |
Kitsap |
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City of |
City contractor allowed sewage to overflow into |
$10,000 |
Larry Altose |
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Dec. 3 |
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