Department of Ecology News Release - Aug. 22, 2016

Environmental penalties for second quarter 2016

OLYMPIA –

Corrected 8/22/16 [3:00 PM]
This summary was corrected to reflect three additional penalties issued in the second quarter, changing the total to $272,530. The penalty listed for the Grays Harbor facility in Cosmopolis was also corrected to reflect the correct owner, Cosmo Specialty Fiber, Inc.

The Washington Department of Ecology issued $272,530 in penalties of $1,000 or more April through June in 2016. A detailed list of the violations and resulting penalties is available in the table below.

Ecology works with thousands of businesses and individuals to help them comply with state laws. Penalties are issued in cases where non-compliance continues after Ecology has provided technical assistance or warnings, or for particularly serious violations.

The money owed from penalties may be reduced from the issued amount due to settlement or court rulings. Funds collected go to the state’s general fund or to dedicated pollution prevention accounts.

Ecology strives to protect, preserve and enhance Washington’s environment and promote wise management for current and future generations. When someone pollutes Washington’s air, land or waters, Ecology enforces state and federal regulations in hopes of changing behavior and deterring future violations.

Penalties for April - June 2016

County	City	Date Issued	Recipients	Description	Amount	Media contact
Chelan	Wenatchee	6/24/16	NRC Environmental Services, Inc. and Northwest Wholesale, Inc.	Mishandled and improperly stored hazardous waste. News release.	$39,330	Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610
Chelan	Leavenworth	5/10/16	Hillside Excavating	Violated water quality regulations by contracting a bulkhead without permits. News release.	$20,000	Joye Redfield-Wilder, 509-575-2610
Clallam	Port Angeles	05/26/16	Lincoln Industrial Corp.	Failed to sample stormwater runoff under compliance agreement.	$2,000	Dave Bennett, 360-407-6239
Columbia	Starbuck	06/17/16	Cheryl Fagalde	Burned prohibited materials.	$1,100	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Franklin	Mesa	05/16/16	Nathaniel Koehn and Marvin Shollenberger	Burned apple boxes and other prohibited materials. Penalty paid.	$2,500	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Royal City	06/14/16	B&G Farms, Farrah Wardenar	Burned prohibited materials including metal, plastic and lumber. Penalty appealed.	$5,000	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Quincy	05/16/16	Larry Schaapman	Burned prohibited materials including demolition debris. Penalty paid.	$4,000	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Warden	05/16/16	John Mathews	Burned prohibited materials.	$1,000	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Royal City	05/17/16	Black Hawk Orchards	Burned prohibited materials and left burn pile unattended. Penalty paid.	$2,000	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Warden	05/17/16	Elfren Martinez	Burned prohibited materials. Penalty paid.	$1,500	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Quincy	06/14/16	Camilo Avalos	Burned prohibited materials. Penalty appealed.	$1,000	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grant	Quincy	06/21/16	Halme Construction & Quincy Columbia Irrigation District.	Burned prohibited materials. Penalty appealed.	$2,500	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Grays Harbor	Cosmopolis	06/09/16	Cosmo Specialty Fiber, Inc.	Discharged excessive levels of suspended solids and failed to meet oxygen demand in stormwater, violating water quality permit	$7,000	Dave Bennett, 360-407-6239
King	Seattle	06/28/16	Puget Sound Coatings Machinists, Inc.	Violated dangerous waste laws including improper containment and labeling. News Release. Penalty to be paid over 2 years.	$80,000	Larry Altose, 425-649-7009
King	Seattle	05/27/16	Brusco Tug and Barrge	Tug Ocean Eagle spilled 20 gal. of diesel fuel into Lake Union while being loaded into a dry dock at Foss Maritime Shipyard on March 21, 2016. Failed to report the spill. Penalty paid.	$1,100	Larry Altose, 425-649-7009
King	Kent	04/14/16	GrandView Apartments, LLC, Bellevue	Allowed muddy stormwater discharges from a construction site at 3900 Veterans Drive by failing to take or maintain various required pollution control measures. Penalty paid.	$7,000	Larry Altose, 425-649-7009
King	Seattle	04/20/16	Randy Corn, Camano Island	32-ft. recreational vessel Invincible released approx. 15 gal. of gasoline into Lake Washington after sinking at Spinnaker Bay Marina on Oct. 17, 2015.	$1,000	Larry Altose, 425-649-7009
King	Seattle	5/10/2016	Seattle Tunnel Partners	Discharged about 1,000 metric tons of clean soil, excavated for the Wash. Dept. of Transportation State Route 99 tunnel project, into Elliott Bay when a barge listed to one side on Jan. 12, 2016. Penalty paid. Also ordered to take various actions to ensure proper oversight of barge loading operations.	$4,000	Larry Altose, 425-649-7009
Kitsap	Port Orchard	05/27/16	Khalis Transport Inc., Surrey BC	Spilled 50 gallons of diesel fuel to a wetland and Burley Creek on March 17, 2016, when a truck rolled down an embankment along State Route 16 at SE Mullenix Road. Failed to report the spill.	$1,500	Larry Altose, 360-649-7009
Kitsap	Port Orchard	04/25/16	Mike Paul Contsruction	Failed to prevent muddy water from polluting nearby creeks and marine waters. News Release. Under appeal.	$53,000	Larry Altose, 360-649-7009
Lewis	Winlock	06/29/16	Winlock Wood Products, Olympic Trading	Heated water mixed with food grade oil during a warehouse firefighting operation flowed into a catch basin and then a creek, killing fish.	$1,000	Dave Bennett, 360-407-6239
Pierce	Sumner	5/25/16	Fleischmann’s Vinegar Company, Inc.	Allowed 10,000 gallons of concentrated vinegar to spill into the White River this past March. News release.	$10,000	Sandy Howard, 360-407-6408
Stevens	Springdale	06/21/16	Mark Kestner	Burned prohibited materials including parts of a mobile home.	$2,500	Brook Beeler, 509-329-3478
Whatcom	Sumas	04/16/16	Sarabanand Farms, LLC.	Allowed water contaminated with manure to discharge into local waterways that flow to British Columbia. News Release	$20,000	Krista Kenner, 360-715-5205
Columbia River	Mouth	04/04/16	Fishing Vessel Four Forty LLC	Fishing vessel sank and spilled 150 gallons of oil to the Columbia River at the mouth of the river.	$2,500	Dave Bennett, 360-407-6239

Contact information

Brook Beeler

Communications manager

brook.beeler@ecy.wa.gov

509-329-3478

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Environmental penalties for second quarter 2016

Corrected 8/22/16 [3:00 PM] This summary was corrected to reflect three additional penalties issued in the second quarter, changing the total to $272,530. The penalty listed for the Grays Harbor facility in Cosmopolis was also corrected to reflect the correct owner, Cosmo Specialty Fiber, Inc.

Penalties for April - June 2016

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Corrected 8/22/16 [3:00 PM]
This summary was corrected to reflect three additional penalties issued in the second quarter, changing the total to $272,530. The penalty listed for the Grays Harbor facility in Cosmopolis was also corrected to reflect the correct owner, Cosmo Specialty Fiber, Inc.