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Department of Ecology News Release - May 5, 2004
04-077
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 2004. All together, Ecology has issued $224,750 in penalties this year above $1,000.
| County of Violation | City of Violation | Date of Issue | Company/Individual | Description of violation | Amount Assessed | Media Contact |
| Clark | Battle Ground | 3/9/04 | Western Container Transport Inc. | Spilled 25-30 gallons of oil in semi-truck tractor accident; some reached Dean Creek. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Clark | Vancouver | 3/29/04 | nLight Photonics | Violated pollution limits for arsenic in its waste water in December 2003. | $6,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Clark | Washougal | 3/15/04 | Allweather Wood Treaters Inc. | Violated discharge limits for hexavalent chromium. | $6,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 1/27/04 | Longview Fibre Co. | Violated wastewater pollution limits three times in November and December 2003. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 3/3/04 | Longview Fibre Co. | Violated air-pollution limits three times in May and October 2003. | $3,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 3/9/04 | Longview Fibre Co. | Violated air-pollution limits six times from June to November 2003 | $4,250 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 3/11/04 | Longview Fibre Co. | Violated air-pollution limits 10 times in November 2003. | $4,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 3/15/04 | Wasser and Winters Co. Inc. | Spilled oil from tug boat into Fibre Slough on Columbia River. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Grant | Ephrata | 1/15/04 | Tommer Construction Co. Inc. | Failed to obtain approval before installing & operating a rock crusher. | $2,000 | Jani Gilbert 509-329-3495 |
| Grant | Quincy | 3/31/04 | Jones Farms | Allowed mint-waste pile to burn, violating burning rules. | $5,000 | Jani Gilbert 509-329-3495 |
| Kittitas | Ellensburg | 3/12/04 | Kaila, Gurmit | Lacked proper record-keeping and leak-detection requirements for its underground fuel-storage tanks. | $1,000 | Joye Redfield-Wilder 509-575-2610 |
| Kittitas | Ellensburg | 3/31/04 | Twin City Foods Inc. | Violated groundwater quality standards; failed to comply with wastewater permit. | $12,000 | Joye Redfield-Wilder 509-575-2610 |
| Lewis | Winlock | 1/26/04 | Shakertown 1992 Inc. | Failed to test wastewater for all potential pollutants; failed to submit required reports. | $24,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Mason | Belfair | 3/17/04 | Sandy’s Deli Mart | Lacked proper record-keeping and leak-detection requirements for its underground fuel-storage tanks. | $1,200 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | McNeil Island | 1/20/04 | Department of Corrections | Submitted wastewater discharge monitoring reports that contained falsified information. | $60,000 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 1/22/04 | Tony’s Roofcare Inc. | Washed 10 gallons of roof preservative down a storm drain. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 2/2/04 | Department of Transportation and Tacoma Narrows Constructors | Violated water-quality standards and storm-water construction permit at Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction site. | $10,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Snohomish | Arlington | 1/23/04 | National Food Corp. | Violated water quality permit limits nine times from October 2002 to July 2003. | $54,000 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Snohomish | Everett | 3/4/04 | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | Violated sulfur-dioxide emission limits on Nov. 22, 2003. | $3,000 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Thurston | Rochester | 1/9/04 | Cypress Island Inc. | Released Atlantic salmon into Scatter Creek. | $4,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Walla Walla | Dixie | 2/2/04 | Norman Hansen | Burned more acres than the daily burn decision allowed. | $11,000 | Jani Gilbert 509-329-3495 |
| Whatcom | Ferndale | 2/10/04 | Intalco Aluminum Corp. | Violated monitoring schedule for total suspended solids from May 2002 to June 2003. | $5,300 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Yakima | Yakima | 2/5/04 | Charles Conley | Allowed an abandoned fuel tanker to leak gasoline. | $2,000 | Joye Redfield-Wilder 509-575-2610 |
| TOTAL | $224,750 |
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