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Department of Ecology News Release - January 18, 2004
05-016
Following is a summary of all penalties of $1,000 or more issued by the Department of Ecology during the fourth quarter (October, November, December) of 2004, which totaled $203,078. All together, Ecology issued $1,255,012 in penalties in 2004 - compared to $1,040,517 in 2003.
| County of Violation | City of Violation | Date of Issue | Penalty recipient | Description of violation | Amount Assessed | Media Contact |
| Clark | Battle Ground | 11/3/04 | Cascade Paint & Supply, Inc. | Discarded paint rinse water in a sewer line and allowed paint to contaminate storm water | $21,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 10/14/04 | Longview Fibre Co. | Discharged partially treated waste water into the Columbia River. | $36,500 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Kelso | 12/2/04 | Steel Painters, Inc. | Failed to comply with dangerous-waste container-management and record keeping requirements | $9,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Garfield | Pomeroy | 10/27/04 | Gary Houser | Violated field-burning permit by burning on a "no-burn" day. | $2,000 | Jani Gilbert 509-329-3495 |
| Jefferson | Port Townsend | 10/29/04 | Port Townsend Paper Corp. | Violated the air-pollution limits of its permit. | $2,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| King | Seattle | 9/22/04 | John Slostad Fisherman's Terminal | F/V Cape Windy sand and spilled 270 gallons of diesel into Salmon Bay. | $2,500 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| King | Seattle | 11/3/04 | SeaTac Airport | Illegally discharged turbid water into Miller Creek and violated dirt track-out restrictions. | $15,000 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
| Lewis | Onalaska | 9/30/04 | Lewis County Water District No. 2 | Failed to respond to a notice of violation. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pacific | Raymond | 10/17/04 | Weyerhaeuser Co. Raymond lumber mill | Failed to properly monitor and report flow and pollution levels in its wastewater discharges. | $49,078 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 10/22/04 | Bean Environmental | Tug boat sank and leaked fuel; didn't notify Ecology in a timely manner. | $1,500 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Sumner | 10/27/04 | Sonoco Products Co. | Violated the pollution limits of its wastewater permit. | $1,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Spokane | Spokane | 11/12/04 | Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. | Discharged high levels of PCBs into the Spokane River in November and December 2002. | $40,000 | Jani Gilbert 509-329-3495 |
| Thurston | Lacey | 11/29/04 | Saint Martin's College | Spilled heating oil into a wetland. | $4,000 | Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Whatcom | Blaine | 12/27/04 | Nature's Path, Inc. | Discharged sugar and improperly treated waste water into the sewer | $18,500 | Larry Altose 425-649-7009 |
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