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Department of Ecology News Release - July 28, 2005
05-184
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 2005. All together, Ecology has issued $1,343,581 in penalties this year.
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County of Violation |
City of Violation |
Date |
Penalty Recipient |
Description of Violation |
Amount |
Media Contact |
| Benton | West Richland | 5/9/05 | West Richland Municipal Golf Course | Failed to report and upgrade underground petroleum storage tanks. | $3,250 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610 |
| Clark | Battle Ground | 6/7/05 | Sun Country Homes Inc. and Bloomquist Properties LLP | Built a road and cleared land at Tuxedo Junction development without a stormwater permit, violating a previous Ecology order. | $8,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Clark | Camas | 6/9/05 | GK Construction | Mishandled hundreds of gallons of toxic and flammable wastes. | $10,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Cowlitz | Longview | 6/13/05 | Longview Fibre Co. | Emitted more air pollution than permitted. | $5,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Franklin | Pasco | 5/9/05 | Connell Oil | Delivered fuel to an unpermitted underground storage tank. | $3,500 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder 509-575-2610 |
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Kitsap/ Snohomish |
Indianola/ Woodway |
4/11/05 | Foss Maritime Co. | Spilled 4,700 gallons of heavy oil from a tank barge on Dec. 30, 2003. | $577,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Lewis | Chehalis | 6/8/05 | I.P. Callison | Failed to monitor wastewater discharges to the Chehalis sewer plant. | $31,330 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 4/5/05 | Tacoma Transload Inc. | Failed to control storm water and pumped waste water into a Puyallup River tributary. | $9,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 4/5/05 | Tri-Pak Inc. | Pumped waste water into Commencement Bay; failed to keep contaminants from reaching storm water. | $9,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Pierce | Tacoma | 4/7/05 | Burlington Environmental Inc./Philip Services | Did not correctly analyze waste, causing an explosion in a hazardous-waste tank. | $43,000 |
Sandy Howard 360-407-6239 |
| Snohomish | Everett | 4/18/05 | Kimberly Clark World Wide | Sulfur dioxide emissions exceeded permit limits on Jan. 20, 2005. | $3,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Snohomish | Everett | 5/18/05 | Jim's L & M Marine, Inc. | Failed to monitor and report stormwater discharges during four months in 2004. | $2,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Snohomish | Lynnwood | 4/13/05 | Harris Transportation Company LLC | Spilled 2,244 gallons of gasoline to Scriber Creek wetlands from a tanker truck. | $24,500 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Spokane | Spokane | 5/31/05 | City of Spokane | Discharged some 30,000 gallons of sludge into the Spokane River; did not submit required updates to operations-and-maintenance manual. | $6,000 |
Jani Gilbert, 509-329-3495 |
| Whatcom | Ferndale | 3/4/05 | Jansen, Inc. | Repeatedly discharged muddy water into a salmon-spawning tributary; violated stormwater and construction permit. | $82,000 |
Rick Manugian 360-407-6928 |
| Whatcom | Acme | 3/28//05 | McEvoy Oil Co. | Spilled 2,995 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel into a wetland after a tanker truck overturned on SR-9. | $12,000 |
Larry Altose, 425-649-7009 |
| Whitman | Farmington | 5/13/05 | Bruce Nelson, Nelson Farms Inc., and Silver Creek Farms Inc. | Burned after hours and did not attend to the fire. | $3,000 |
Jani Gilbert, 509-329-3495 |
| Whitman | Colfax | 5/13/05 | Craig Wilson | Burned pea stubble without a permit. | $3,500 |
Jani Gilbert, 509-329-3495 |
| QUARTER TOTAL | $835,080 | |||||
| PREVIOUS QUARTER | $508,501 | |||||
| TOTAL THIS YEAR | $1,343,581 | |||||
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