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Department of Ecology News Release - April 23, 2003
03-074
OLYMPIA - Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the first quarter (January, February, March) of 2003. All together, Ecology has issued $294,550 in penalties this year.
| County of Violation | City of Violation | Date of Issue | Company/Individual | Description of violation | Amount Assessed | Media Contact |
| Clark | Camas | Jan. 23 | Fort James Camas LLC | Released gases in November 2002 that unreasonably interfered with people nearby. | $4,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Clark | Vancouver | Jan. 10 | Glacier Northwest | Spilled approximately 200 gallons of oil into Columbia R. from dredging vessel at Port of Vancouver in August 2002. | $3,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Kalama | March 4 | Evergreen Marine Corp. | Spilled 500 gallons of oily waste into the Columbia River from the ship Ever Group in March 2001. | $67,500 |
Mary-Ellen Voss, 360-407-7211 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | Jan. 10 | Longview Fibre Co. | Violated air pollution limits eight times in August and September 2002. | $6,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | Feb. 7 | Longview Fibre Co. | Violated water-pollution limits seven times during November and December 2002. | $18,750 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | March 24 | Dockendale Shipping Company Ltd. | Spilled approximately 800 gallons of fuel oil into Columbia R. from M/V Pendrecht in January 2002. | $81,000 | Mary-Ellen Voss, 360-407-7211 |
| Franklin | Pasco | Jan. 21 | Douglas Fruit Co. | Discharged process waste water at higher rate than allowed. | $1,000 |
Jani Gilbert, 509-329-3495 |
| Grays Harbor | Aberdeen | March 17 | City of Aberdeen | Failed to adequately disinfect waste water from city sewer plant that enters shellfish-bearing waters of Grays Harbor. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Grays Harbor | Aberdeen | March 31 | Ocean Spray Cranberries | Discharged more solids than allowed in its permit. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Jefferson | Port Townsend | Jan. 10 | Port Townsend Paper Corp. | Violated air-pollution limits in July and August 2002. | $4,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| King | Auburn | Feb. 25 | ICON Materials Inc. | Failed to comply with an order to protect water quality at a sand & gravel pit near the White River. | $18,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| King | Issaquah | Jan. 24 | Port Blakely Communities | Discharged turbid water into Issaquah Creek | $10,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Lewis | Chehalis | Feb. 28 | Cummins Northwest | Violated pollution limits for oil, grease, copper and lead in its waste water, and failed to submit required monitoring reports. | $7,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Lewis | Chehalis | March 6 | Hank Doelman | Allowed cow manure to discharge into Berwick and Dillenbaugh creeks and failed to report the spill. | $8,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Pacific | Ilwaco | Feb. 19 | Leah Dawn Fishing Ltd. | Spilled approximately 345 gallons of diesel oil into the Columbia R. at Ilwaco in December 2002. | $6,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Sumner | March 5 | Sonoco Products Co. | Discharged more ammonia and suspended solids than allowed in its wastewater permit. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | Jan. 31 | Unix Line PTE Ltd. | Negligently released 50 gallons of oily waste into Commencement Bay from the M/V Kaede in October 2002. | $34,000 | Mary-Ellen Voss, 360-407-7211 |
| Skagit | Mount Vernon | March 24 | Cascade Ag Services Inc. | Failed to obtain construction and industrial stormwater permits and a wastewater discharge permit. | $4,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Thurston | Littlerock | Jan. 10 | J.B. Leonard Logging and Trucking | Spilled approximately 75 gallons of diesel into Mill Creek after a truck accident in Capitol Forest in January 2003. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Walla Walla | Prescott | Feb. 13 | Broetje Orchards Inc. | Continued to irrigate an unauthorized portion of property after cease-and-desist order was issued on Aug. 20, 2002. | $7,300 |
Jani Gilbert, 509-329-3495 |
| Whatcom | Ferndale | Jan. 31 | USS Vessel Management Inc. | Spilled 150 gallons of oil into marine waters at BP Cherry Point Refinery in August 2001. | $6,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Yakima | Yakima | Jan. 10 | Washington Fruit and Produce Co. | Violated discharge permit. Improperly disposed of drencher solution containing diphenylamine and thiabendazole. | $2,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
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