| County |
City |
Date Issued |
Recipients |
Description |
Amount |
Media contact |
| Benton |
Kennewick |
12/30/15 |
Circle K Stores Inc., Sun Mart #11 |
Failed to maintain spill protection equipment related to gas station operations. Also failed to comply with reporting and recordkeeping, and corrosion protection requirements. |
$1,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder,
509-575-2610 |
| Clark |
Camas |
10/15/15 |
Sharp Electronics |
Failed to correctly monitor wastewater discharges. |
$1,000 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Clark |
Camas |
12/18/15 |
Georgia Pacific Consumer Products |
Emissions exceeded parameters for particulate and hazardous air pollutants. |
$2,500 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Clark |
Vancouver |
10/5/15 |
JT Marine Inc. |
Failed to monitor stormwater discharges at dry dock. |
$3,161.44 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Clark |
Vancouver |
10/5/15 |
Pacific Coast Shredding |
Failed to monitor treated stormwater as required by permit. |
$3,297.32 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Columbia |
Dayton |
11/30/15 |
Warren Orchards |
Irrigated 100-acre orchard after being ordered to stop during drought. Penalty under appeal.
|
$73,530 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Cowlitz |
Longview |
11/4/15 |
Weyerhaeuser Co. Longview |
Violated air quality emissions permit for opacity on Aug. 30, 2015, for hog fuel boiler No. 11.
|
$3,500 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Grant |
Moses Lake |
11/2/15 |
Rick Raymond |
Illegally disposed construction debris and lumber by burning and burned during a Grant County burn ban. Penalty paid. |
$1,000 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Grant |
Royal City |
11/2/15 |
Golden West Farms |
Employee illegally disposed construction debris and burned during a Grant County burn ban. Penalty under appeal. |
$7,500 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Grant |
Moses Lake |
11/2/15 |
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC |
Facility failed to disclose use of portable ovens during permitting that released toxic air pollution. Penalty paid. |
$3,000 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Grant |
Warden |
12/1/15 |
Pacific Coast Canola |
Failed to build facility as permitted, omitting enclosure over loading area. Allowed excess particle pollution into the air. Penalty paid. |
$3,000 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Grays Harbor |
Hoquiam |
11/15/15 |
Hoquiam Plywood Co. |
Allowed polluted water discharges to the Hoquium River; failed to cover or contain chemical or petroleum products or take corrective actions to maintain best management practices for stormwater. |
$2,500 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Grays Harbor |
Aberdeen |
10/30/15 |
Kiewit General, Infrastructure West Co. |
Destroyed 15 resource protection wells at the WSDOT State Route 520 Pontoon Casting Facility. Penalty appealed. |
$90,000 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| King |
Kent |
9/23/15 |
Western Metal Art and Sign |
Disregarded an order to properly manage and dispose of potentially hazardous waste at vacated leased property.
|
$10,000 |
Larry Altose,
425-649-7009 |
| King |
Seattle |
10/9/15 |
Waste Management National Services |
Allowed contaminated soil to spill to the ground from large shipping sacks at a facility along the Duwamish Waterway, among other violations of industrial stormwater general permit requirements in 2014 2015. Penalty paid.
|
$14,000 |
Larry Altose,
425-649-7009 |
| Kittitas |
Ellensburg |
12/14/15 |
The Grove - Campus Crest at Ellensburg LLC; Charlotte, NC |
Residents of apartment complex burned illegal materials during a state fire safety burn ban on July 17, 2014, and again on July 26, 2014, including a couch. |
$6,524.34 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder,
509-575-2610 |
| Pacific |
Tokeland |
10/6/15 |
Custom Seafood Services, Inc. |
Violated wastewater permit discharge limits to Willapa Bay |
$9,502.20 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Pierce |
Tacoma |
10/6/15 |
Milgard Windows |
Failed to implement mandatory best management practices for stormwater. |
$2,000 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Pierce |
Sumner |
12/29/15 |
Michelson Knapp Land Venture |
Multiple violations of the construction stormwater general permit to prevent, control and treat stormwater runoff. |
$34,000 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Pierce |
Tacoma |
11/30/15 |
Tacoma Silver Cloud Inn LCC |
Failed to fulfill monitoring and reporting requirements for cooling water discharges |
$5,000 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Snohomish |
Arlington |
11/9/15 |
National Foods |
Committed 15 violations of water quality permit from Nov. 2013 to Oct. 2015: for monitoring and reporting, and for limits for discharges of total suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand. |
$9,000 |
Larry Altose,
425-649-7009 |
| Thurston |
Olympia |
11/19/15 |
Schock & Co. Lorenz Schock |
Operated without a construction stormwater general permit and polluted surface waters of the state at Stonewell Lodge and Cottages development. Penalty appealed. |
$2,000 |
Chase Gallagher,
360-407-6239 |
| Walla Walla |
Wallula |
12/14/15 |
Simplot Feeders |
Failed to manage air pollution. Allowed small particles into the air, including dust and dried manure. Penalty under appeal. |
$50,000 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Walla Walla |
Wallula |
12/14/15 |
Tidy Truck Wash Inc. |
Pumped wastewater from washing cattle-hauling trucks to the ground rather than hauling to a permitted land application site. |
$3,000 |
Brook Beeler,
509-329-3478 |
| Whatcom |
Bellingham |
11/25/15 |
Fishing Vessel Fate Hunter |
Discharged an undetermined volume of lube oil and diesel fuel into Bellingham Bay on April 3, 2015, causing a heavy sheen in the I & J Channel. Also assessed $460.63 in state response costs. |
$1,000 |
Krista Kenner,
360-715-5205 |