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1997 News

December 18, 1997

• Former Skagit County Dairy Farmer Jailed On Manure-Dumping Charges

December 17, 1997

• Washington's Recycling Rates Slowing
• Ecology Responding To Oil Spill In Camas

December 16, 1997

• Grass Seed Growers Fined For Burning Excess Acreage

December 15, 1997

• International Collection Efforts Net Delinquent Oil-Spill Penalty

December 9, 1997

• Oil-Spill Advisory Committee to Meet December 12

December 8, 1997

• Cenex to Update Quincy Residents About Cleanup Progress

• Coastal Protection Fund Steering Committee Meets December 10

December 4, 1997

• Columbia River Water Use to be Discussed in Local Communities

December 3, 1997

• Gas-Cap Inspections Only Advisory For Now
• How Healthy are Washington's Waters?

December 2, 1997

• Ecology, Fish & Wildlife Open Joint Office in Vancouver

November 20, 1997

• Innovative Settlement Reached In Case Against Yakima-Area Dairy
• Ecology Seeking Information On Illegal Chemical Dumping

November 19, 1997

• Permit Process Consolidated For Proposed Methow Valley Resort

November 14, 1997

• State Denies Relief from Hanford Lab Penalty

November 13, 1997

• Transportation Department penalized for stormwater problem on SR-520

November 12, 1997

• Public Invited To Comment On Plans To Form Groundwater Management Area
• Royal City Mint Farm Fined For Water Quality Violations

November 10, 1997

• Emission Check Stations: New Cash Policy, Holiday Closures

November 6, 1997

• Ecology Grants $1.8 Million for 20 Solid-Waste Projects in King County

November 5, 1997

• Ecology Speeds Up Phase-Out Of Grass-Field Burning

November 4, 1997

• Water Issues to be Discussed Around the State
• Ecology Director To Announce Change In Grass-Burning Phase-Out Schedule

November 3, 1997

• Ecology Approves Water Rights Permits for Crown Jewel Mine

October 30, 1997

• Ecology Honors Wastewater Treatment Plants

October 27, 1997

• Local Communities Eligible for Watershed Money

October 17, 1997

• Kitsap Water Supply Initial Assessment Completed

October 15, 1997

• Ecology Fines Merino's Seafood for Water Quality Violations
• New Laser Technology Will Help Track Coastal Changes From El Nino
• Ecology Denies Extension Of Hanford Tank Waste Deadline

October 9, 1997

• Hearing to be Held on Crown Jewel Air Quality Permit

October 8, 1997

• A More Efficient Way to Process Water Right Permits Nears Final Stages

October 7, 1997

• Water Issues to be Discussed Around the State

October 1, 1997

• Emission Check Changes To Meet Clean Air Plan

September 24, 1997

• Ecology Fines Washougal Company for Harming Water Quality

September 22, 1997

• Ecology Issues Some Of Many Required Permits For Crown Jewel

September 19, 1997

• Department of Energy and Hanford Contractors Fined for Chemical Explosion

September 15, 1997

• Gov. Locke, Ecology Pay Tribute to Facilities that Prevent Pollution
• Public Forum Planned To Discuss Rayonier Plant Closure Activities

September 8, 1997

• Asarco Begins Home Demolition in Northeast Everett

September 5, 1997

• Ecology Fines Longview Fibre for Creek Washout and Resulting Fish Kill

September 3, 1997

• Weyerhaeuser Penalized For Closing Oyster Harvest

August 29, 1997

• Ecology Gives Environmental Award to Suquamish Tribe Staff Member

August 28, 1997

• Give Your Input On Washington Waters That Aren't Up To Par

August 21, 1997

• State Agencies Announce Plan on Fertilizer Safety

August 20, 1997

• Big Jump in Highway Litter Pickup

August 19, 1997

• Parties Agree To Use Mediator For Everett Smelter Site Cleanup

August 14, 1997

• If You Think You Have an Unclaimed Right to Water in Washington -- Act Now

August 13, 1997

• Lower Yakima River Pollution Addressed in New Report

August 12, 1997

• Ecology, K-Mart Reach Settlement Over 1996 Chemical Fire Penalty

August 5, 1997

• Protecting Shellfish From Septic System Pollution

July 23, 1997

• Hop Growers Recognized For Their Environmental Improvements

July 21, 1997

• Royal City Awarded $202,000 Loan To Improve Water Quality
• Special Study Results Indicate High Lead Levels In Spokane River
• Washington State Underground Storage Tank Program Top In The Region

July 18, 1997

• Fertilizer Sample Data Available
• Ecology, James River Sign Air Quality Settlement at Camas Pulp Mill

July 15, 1997

• State Office of Marine Safety Merges with Ecology

July 14, 1997

• Millions of Dollars to Help Improve Water Quality in Washington State
• Agencies Join Forces To Eradicate Spartina From Puget Sound

July 10, 1997

• Ecology Fines Crystal Ocean Seafood $180,000

July 9, 1997

• Local Communities Get Funding to Prevent Floods

July 8, 1997

• Using Columbia River Water Will Be Topic In Local Communities
• Funding To Help Local Communities Do Watershed Planning

July 3, 1997

• Public Input On Standards To Protect State's Waters

July 1, 1997

• State Reaffirms Commitment to Protect Environment on Sea-Tac Project

June 26, 1997 News Release

• Statement On The New National Air Quality Standards

June 24, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Fines Longview Fibre For Sulfur Release

June 23, 1997 News Release

• Grants and Loans to Protect People from Water Quality Problems Get Green Light

June 19, 1997 News Releases

• Central Washington Area Youth Take To The Streets To Fight Litter
• Eastern Washington Area Youth Take To The Streets To Fight Litter
• Ecology Advises Well Drillers To Proceed With Caution In South Chehalis

June 18, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Appeals Permit For Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal

June 16, 1997 News Release

• Latah Creek Stream Team Meets, Thursday June 19

June 11, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Takes Steps to Deal with Water Right Permit Crisis
• Ecology And Lewis County Issue An Environmental Health Advisory In Onalaska

June 10, 1997 News Release

• First Step Taken To Form A Ground Water Management Area In TheMid-Columbia Basin
• Oil Burn Test No Longer Being Considered
• Navy, Contractors Must Tighten Practices After Hazardous WasteDisposal Error

May 29, 1997 News Release

• Quincy Hay Processor Fined For Air Quality Violations

May 22, 1997 News Release

• Oil Burn Test Advisory Committee Meets May 29, 1997
• Ecology Announces Interim Plan for Processing Water Rights to Protect Public Health and Safety

May 21, 1997 News Release

• Brazilian Elodea Tops Ecology's "Hit List" for Aquatic Weed Funding

May 20, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Will Order Boomsnub to Repair Groundwater Protection System

May 19, 1997 News Release

• Leavenworth Awarded $360,000 Loan for Treatment Plant Upgrade

May 15, 1997 News Release

• Groundwater Study Proposed Under Agreement Between the Department of Ecology and the Port of Seattle
• Ecology Grants $235,761 to Okanogan for Airport Cleanup
• Ecology Grant of $499,250 Aids Port of Vancouver in Plywood Mill Cleanup

May 12, 1997 News Release

• Grower Fined for Contaminating Waterway with Pesticide

May 8, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Seeks Information On Illegal Waste Dumping In Lakewood
• Information Sought On Illegal Chemical Dumping In Jefferson County

May 7, 1997 News Release

• Many Toxic Release Inventory Chemicals Decrease, State Total Increases
• Ecology Clears Way For Federal Action To Increase Flows In Skokomish River
• Ecology Fines Weyerhauser Longview for Turpentine Release

May 6, 1997 News Release

• Oil Spill Response Plans for Lower Nisqually River to be Tested May 7
• Ecology Gives Waste Reduction And Recycling Program Awards
• Ecology Gives A Recycling Award To McChord Air Force Base
• Ecology Gives A Recycling Award To King County
• Ecology Gives A Recycling Award To Lewis County
• Ecology Gives A Recycling Award To Vancouver Company
• Ecology Gives A Recycling Award To Renton Company
• Ecology Gives Two Recycling Awards For Public Information And Education
• Ecology Gives Two Recycling Awards For Most Innovative Program
• Ecology Gives A Recycling Award To Stevens County

May 1, 1997 News Release

• U.S. Department Of Energy and Hanford Firms Fined $90,000

April 30, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Seeks Comments on State Environmental Policy Act Regulations

April 28, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Launches Integrated Pest Management in Schools

April 25, 1997 News Release

• Schools To Receive Waste Reduction And Recycling Cash Awards

April 24, 1997 News Release

• Pollution Prevention Pays and Wins

April 24, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Report on Water Quality of Selected lakes in Washington State Completed
• Ecology Awards $62,018 Grant for Port Angeles Waste Reduction and Recycling
• Ecology Grants $19,709 for Tukwila Waste Reduction and Recycling
• Ecology Awards Monroe $16,799 Grant for Four-City Yard Waste Project

April 23, 1997 News Release

• Craig Wattles Receives Environmental Excellence Award

April 21, 1997 News Release

• Command Post Set Up to Handle Columbia River Oil Spill

April 15, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Fines AKWA Shipyard For Water Quality Violations
• Public Information Workshop Planned to Discuss Clean-up of Cenex

April 14, 1997 News Release

• Action Plan Proposed On Forest Fire Air Pollution
• Resource Damage Assessment Committee Meets April 16

April 9, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Grants $1,136,037 For Bainbridge Island Landfill Cleanup
• Ecology Fines Long Lake Apartment Owner for Water Quality Violations

April 3, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Offers 10 Tips On Low-Water Use Landscaping

April 2, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Ecology Youth Corps Median Crews Go Out This Week
• Ecology Grants $12,447 to Help Issaquah Model Families Reduce Waste
• Everett Waste Reduction and Recycling Aided by $81,300 Ecology Grant

April 2, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Offers Help to Reduce Flooding Hazards in Local Communities

April 1, 1997 News Release

• Ecology To Ask Court To Stop Sewage Problem at Mobile Home Park
  Fines Owner Third Time for Water Quality Violations

March 27, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Orders Testing and Improvements At GATX After Spill

March 26, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• EPA Proposes Clean Air Designation for Vancouver/Portland
• Ecology Combines Business Inspections into One Site Visit

March 24, 1997 News Release

• Asarco Ordered To Demolish Houses, Sample Soil And Conduct Other Pre-Cleanup Activities In Northeast Everett

March 20, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Ecology Grants $47,125 for Edmonds and Lynnwood Recycling Programs
• Ecology Awards Chelan-Douglas Health District $70,000 Waste Enforcement Grant
• $100,000 Ecology Grant Aids Tacoma-Pierce County Hazardous Site Assessments
• Ecology Grants $8,239 To Port Angeles For Tank Cleanup

March 21, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Fines Dairy $30,000 for Illegal Discharge of Dairy Waste
• Ten Ways to Help the Environment When Spring Cleaning

March 18, 1997 News Release

• Clarkston Awarded $695,000 Loan for Treatment Plant Upgrade

March 13, 1997 News Release

• Is Your Car Ready for a Vacation?

March 12, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Fines Fluor Daniel For Water Quality Violations At Wafertec Site

March 11, 1997 News Release

• Oil Burn Test Advisory Committee Meets March 20

March 10, 1997 News Release

• Mobile Park Owner Fined $70,000 for Water Quality Violations

March 7, 1997 News Release

• Meeting Set on Expanding Vehicle Emission Check Area
• Ecology Approves Water Spills Over Dams to Help Save Salmon

March 6, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Asking for Help to Stop Ground Water Declines in Odessa Area
• Ecology Gives Conditional Approval For Chemicals In Steilacoom Lake

March 6, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Updated Hazardous Sites List Available
• Getting Contaminants Out of the Environment

March 4, 1997 News Release

• Air Pollution from Sea-Tac Area Traffic Meets Standard

March 3, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Grants $75,000 To Toledo School District For Soil Cleanup

February 28, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Moves to Deny Cameron Yakima's Final Dangerous Waste Permit

February 27, 1997 News Release

• Conservation District Receives $209,000 for Water Quality Improvements
• Mobile Park Owner Fined $50,000 For Water Quality Violations
• Help for Flooded Communities in Southeastern Washington

February 27, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Ecology Awards $51,774 Grant for Redmond Waste Management
• Douglas County Waste Programs Receive $125,508 Ecology Grant
• Ecology Awards Ferry County $172,296 Grant for Waste Programs
• Ecology Awards $141,000 Waste Grant To Skamania County
• Ecology Grants $72,150 to Aid Asotin County and Clarkston Recycling

Feburary 26, 1997 News Release

• Coastal Protection Fund Committee Meets Feb. 28

February 25, 1997 News Release

• Occidental Chemical to Clean Up Contaminated Sludges and Soil

February 24, 1997 News Release

• Site Tour Available As Cascade Pole Cleanup Is Underway
• Greater Environmental Protections Go into Permits for Construction Activities in Washington Waters

February 21, 1997 News Release

• Douglas County Sewer District No. 1 Gets Loan to Improve Water Quality

February 20, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Telephone Numbers for Ecology's Public Information Staff

February 18, 1997 News Release

• Mobile Park Told To Pump Septic Tank To Protect Public Health

February 14, 1997 News Release

• Ecology And Burlington Northern Santa Fe Work Together For Waste Reduction

February 13, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Ecology Accepting Waste Prevention, Reduction and Recycling Award Applications
• Hazardous Waste Conference Organizers Seek Presentations
• Washington State Recycles 2.5 Million Tons in 1995

February 13, 1997 News Release

• Wind Erosion in the Columbia Plateau Addressed at Tri-Cities Conference
• What Do You Think About Spilling Water Over Columbia and Snake River Dams to Help Endangered Salmon?

February 11, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Seeks Award Applicants

February 10, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Seeks Comment On Unocal's Final Cleanup Plans for theSeattle Marketing Terminal

February 6, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Ecology Awarded $50,000 to Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board to Control Aquatic Weeds
• Washington State Reports a Steady Increase for Recycling

February 5, 1997 News Release

• Vehicle Emission Check Expands to North Clark County

February 4, 1997 News Release

• K-Mart Fined $53,000

February 3, 1997 News Release

• Agencies Release Final Environmental Review Of Gold Mine

January 29, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Gives Fort Lewis Environmental Award

January 28, 1997 News Release

• Agencies Respond to Weyerhaeuser Odor Problem

January 27, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Gives Fort Lewis Envirommental Award

January 24, 1997 News Release

• Eastern Washington Public Information Officer Named

January 23, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Washougal Receives $5.2 Million Water Quality Loan
• Residents and Contractors Warned of Asbestos Danger

January 16, 1997 News Release

• Residents And Contractors Warned Of Asbestos Danger

January 16, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Information on How to Control Landslides After the Holiday Floods
• Ecology Awarded $47,062 To Skagit County To Control Aquatic Weeds
• Ecology Awarded $16,594 To Okanogan County Noxious Weed Control Board To Control Aquatic Weeds

January 15, 1997 News Release

• Cayuse Environmental Fined $36,000

January 14, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Testifies On Proposed New Clean Air Standards

January 9, 1997 News Release (Governor-Elect Gary Locke)

• Locke appoints seven more cabinet agency directors

January 9, 1997 Enviro-News Tips

• Ecology Awarded $2,250 to Lewis County Noxious Weed Control Board to Control Aquatic Weeds
• Ecology Awarded $800,500 to Centralia to Improve Water Quality in the Chehalis River
• Ecology Awarded Chehalis Tribe $46,944 Grant to Improve Water Quality
• Ecology Awarded $2,855 to Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board to Control Aquatic Weeds

January 8, 1997 News Release

• Economic Study: Benefits of Less Grass Field Smoke Outweigh Costs

January 7, 1997 News Release

• Paxton Sales Corp. Receives Environmental Excellence Award

January 3, 1997 News Release

• Ecology Workshops Tell How To Survive A Hazardous Waste Inspection