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Department of Ecology News Release - January 28, 2004
04-023
OLYMPIA - Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the fourth quarter (October through December) of 2003, which totaled $308,306. All together, Ecology has issued $1,040,517 in penalties for 2003.
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County of Violation |
City of Violation |
Date of |
Company/Individual |
Description of violation |
Amount Assessed |
Media Contact |
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Asotin |
Clarkston |
11/12/03 |
Tidewater Terminal Co. Inc. |
Violated state and federal record-keeping requirements outlined in air quality permit. |
$2,500 |
Jani Gilbert, 509-329-3495 |
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Benton |
Horse Heaven Hills (SW of Kennewick) |
10/8/03 |
Sumas Transport Inc. |
Accepted biosolids without permit approval. |
$1,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
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Clallam |
Port Angeles |
10/20/03 |
Naftomar Shipping and Trading Co. Ltd. |
Spilled 1,188 gallons of oil into Port Angeles Harbor while refueling the "Gaz Diamond." |
$75,500 |
Mary-Ellen Voss, 360-407-7211 |
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Cowlitz |
Kalama |
10/2/03 |
Noveon Kalama Inc. |
Spilled chemicals into a cooling-water system that discharges into the Columbia River. |
$10,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Cowlitz |
Kelso |
11/7/03 |
Foster Farms |
Released more pollution than allowed to the Cowlitz River sewer plant in July 2003. |
$12,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Cowlitz |
Kelso |
11/7/03 |
Alpine Redi Mix Inc. |
Discharged waste water onto the ground, operated without discharge permit, failed to pay for permit, and failed to monitor and submit discharge reports. |
$18,464 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Cowlitz |
Longview |
11/20/03 |
Longview Fibre Co. |
Failed to meet limits of air quality permit five times in 2003. |
$5,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Jefferson |
Port Townsend |
10/1/03 |
Port Townsend Paper Corp. |
Failed to meet limits of air quality permit in June 2003. |
$1,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Jefferson |
Port Townsend |
12/5/03 |
Port Townsend Paper Corp. |
Failed to meet limits of air quality permit twice in July 2003. |
$2,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Jefferson |
Port Townsend |
12/23/03 |
Port Townsend Paper Corp. |
Failed to meet limits of wastewater discharge permit three times in October 2003. |
$3,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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King |
Bellevue |
10/10/03 |
City of Bellevue |
Performed construction work in a tributary to Valley Creek without required plans and permits, discharging sediments. |
$4,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
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King |
Seattle |
10/10/03 |
Covich Williams Facility Inc. |
Illegally transferred 12,370 gallons of diesel into a tank barge on Lake Washington. |
$28,242 |
Mary-Ellen Voss, 360-407-7211 |
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Lewis |
Chehalis |
12/15/03 |
R and R Transport of Milwaukie |
Spilled 120 plus gallons of diesel, motor oil and antifreeze after a truck accident on I-5 in Chehalis. |
$1,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Okanogan |
Okanogan |
10/7/03 |
Bains LLC |
Lacked required leak protections on underground petroleum storage tanks. |
$87,100 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
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Pierce |
Tacoma |
12/1/03 |
Trident Seafoods |
Spilled hydraulic oil into Commencement Bay. |
$1,000 |
Sandy Howard, 360-407-6239 |
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Snohomish |
Everett |
10/21/03 |
Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
Violated air quality permit limits due to sulfur dioxide emissions. |
$1,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
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Whatcom |
Ferndale |
11/21/03 |
Mid-Mac Enterprises |
Spilled 1,050 gallons of fuel into Deer Creek when a tank trailer crashed near Ferndale. |
$49,500 |
Joan Pelley, 360-738-6247 |
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Yakima |
Yakima |
11/13/03 |
Evans Fruit Co. |
Discharged fruit-drencher waste water into Randal Park ditch. |
$6,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
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TOTAL |
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$308,306 |
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