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 |