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Department of Ecology News Release - July 23, 2003
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OLYMPIA - 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 2003, which totaled $356,287. All together, Ecology has issued $650,837 in penalties this year.
| County of Violation | City of Violation | Date Issued | Company/Individual | Description of violation | Amount Assessed | Media Contact |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 4/22/03 | Longview Fibre Company | Emitted more dust and dirt than is permitted. | $9,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 4/22/03 | Longview Fibre Company | Emitted more sulfur than is permitted. | $9,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Grant | Royal City | 4/4/03 | Brown Boys Feed Inc. | Illegally disposed of silage leachate onto snow-covered ground. | $10,000 | Joye Redfield-Wilder,509-575-2610 |
| Grays Harbor | Aberdeen | 6/9/03 | Associated Seafoods Company | Failed to submit discharge monitoring reports and a water-quality study required by its permit. | $8,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Island | Freeland | 6/26/03 | Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc. | Water-quality permit application contained false statements that concealed plans to construct a marine-launch railway. | $8,987 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Island | Freeland | 6/3/03 | Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Inc. | Constructed and installed a 600-foot-long, 20-foot-wide marine-rail launch structure without a shoreline permit. | $47,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| King | Woodinville | 4/11/03 | Seavestco Inc. | Released silt-laden water from the Wellington Hills construction project into a drainage ditch connecting to Little Bear Creek. | $13,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| King | Covington | 4/18/03 | Tacoma Public Utilities | Discharged muddy water into Jenkins Creek while constructing the Second Supply Project pipeline. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| King | Mukilteo | 4/4/03 | Production Plating Inc. | Violated wastewater permit limits for zinc in May and June 2002. | $1,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| King | Bellevue | 4/9/03 | Safeway Inc. | Discharged 1,075 gallons of diesel to Lake Bellevue and a nearby drainage ditch in April and May, 2001. | $184,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Kitsap | Port Orchard | 4/25/03 | Olympic View Sanitary Landfill Inc. | Discharged water containing pollutants six to eight times higher than permit limits in July 2001. | $2,500 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Kitsap | Poulsbo | 6/24/03 | Duckworth Pump & Well Drilling | Failed to submit required well-drilling documentation; well-driller's license suspended for one year. | $6,800 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Lewis | Toledo | 4/10/03 | David R Gillum | Failed to provide proper notification and contain an oil spill in a log yard. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Mason | Shelton | 4/3/03 | Evergreen Fuel Co. | Spilled 50 gallons of oil from an above-ground storage tank into Oakland Bay. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 4/2/03 | Tacoma steam plant | Improperly managed and disposed of large amounts of incinerator ash. | $25,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 5/29/03 | Trident Seafoods | Illegally discharged five to 10 gallons of oil. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Skagit | Burlington | 4/16/03 | City of Burlington | Biosolids operation violated requirements for odor control, pathogen reduction, record-keeping and proper land application. | $6,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Snohomish | Everett | 4/4/03 | Goodrich Aviation Technical Services Inc. | Violated several wastewater-discharge limits in 2001 and 2002. | $6,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Snohomish | Everett | 5/16/03 | Goodrich Aviation Technical Services Inc. | Allowed 6,575 gallons of soapy water to enter a wetland at Paine Field. | $3,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Snohomish | Mukilteo | 5/5/03 | Washington Dept. of Transportation | Failed to implement a required erosion and sediment-control plan at SR 525 widening project. | $5,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Thurston | Olympia | 4/3/03 | Edenstrom Company | Spilled approximately 125 gallons of oil into Puget Sound near Squaxin Passage. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
| Whatcom | Ferndale | 6/13/03 | Alaska Tanker Company LLC | 2,436 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Georgia Straits from the tanker Overseas Boston and a loading arm at the Tosco refinery marine terminal near Ferndale. | $2,500 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Whatcom | Ferndale | 6/13/03 | Tosco Refining Company | 2,436 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Georgia Straits from the tanker Overseas Boston and a loading arm at the Tosco refinery marine terminal near Ferndale. | $2,500 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| TOTAL |
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$356,287 |
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