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.
Funds collected go to the state’s general fund or to dedicated pollution prevention accounts, such as the Coastal Protection Account. The money owed from penalties may be reduced from the issued amount due to settlement or court rulings.
Ecology strives to protect, preserve and enhance Washington’s environment and promote wise management for current and future generations. When someone pollutes Washington’s land, air or waters, Ecology enforces state and federal regulations in hopes of changing behavior and deterring future violations.
|
County |
City |
Date Issued |
Recipients |
Description |
Amount |
Media contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adams |
Othello |
1/2/2018 |
Dan Nygard |
Burned prohibited materials on Sept. 20, 2017, including metals, plastic tarps, rubber hoses, box fans and unidentified chemical containers. Penalty paid. |
$1,000 |
Brook Beeler, |
|
Chelan |
Dryden |
3/22/2018 |
Jeffrey L. Kinzel |
Illegally placed fill dirt in the Wenatchee River channel and removed vegetation along the shoreline for unpermitted future development. Has been subject to past fines and restoration orders for illegal construction in the river. Penalty appealed. News release |
$100,500 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, |
|
Clallam |
Neah Bay |
2/14/2018 |
Christopher Grant |
The 130-foot yacht Mea Culpa discharged approx. 25 gal. of diesel fuel into Neah Bay on On Dec. 4, 2017. Penalty paid. |
$1,300 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
Clark |
Vancouver |
3/15/2018 |
Tidewater Barge Lines, Inc. |
Spilled 40,000 gal. of liquid urea ammonium nitrate fertilizer to the Columbia and Snake rivers in Pasco and Vancouver. Penalty appealed. News release |
$18,000 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
Clark |
Ridgefield |
3/29/2018 |
Cascade Bridge, LLC |
Repeated NPDES permit violations after three inspections. |
$2,500 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
Cowlitz |
Longview |
2/5/2018 |
Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co., LLC |
Violated its air quality permit for smoke density on Sept. 12, 2017. Penalty paid. |
$2,500 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
Douglas |
East Wenatchee |
3/26/2018 |
Van Well Nursery, Inc. |
Burned prohibited materials including irrigation pipes in an outdoor agricultural fire. Penalty paid. |
$2,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, |
|
Franklin |
Pasco |
3/23/2018 |
Syngenta Seeds, LLC |
Failed to properly contain dangerous waste in March 2017. Penalty paid under expedited settlement agreement. News release |
$20,000 |
Brook Beeler, |
|
Grant |
Royal City |
2/15/2018 |
E3 Land LLC |
Burned prohibited materials on Dec. 4, 2017, including two piles of lumber, plywood and irrigation pipes, and a 30-foot camp trailer. Penalty paid. |
$1,000 |
Brook Beeler, |
|
Grays Harbor |
Cosmopolis |
1/12/2018 |
Quigg Bros., Inc. |
Discharged muddy stormwater from a construction project into Mill Creek on Dec. 28, 2017. Failed to implement and maintain best practices. Penalty appealed. |
$1,500 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
Jefferson |
Port Townsend |
1/16/2018 |
Port Townsend Paper Corp. |
Violated water quality permit standards for total suspended solids in Nov. 2017. Penalty paid. |
$5,000 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
King |
Seattle |
2/16/2018 |
Island Tug and Barge Company |
Spilled 1,340 gal. of diesel fuel into a boomed area on the West Waterway after the tug Island Wind struck a barge on 2/28/2017. Response efforts recovered 1,273 gal. Small, unrecoverable sheens escaped into Elliott Bay. Failed to immediately report incident. Penalty paid. Also assessed $3,404.12 to recover the state’s response costs. |
$8,000 |
Larry Altose, |
|
King |
Seattle |
2/6/2018 |
KLB Construction |
Discharged muddy water from the Sound Transit Northgate Station construction site into Thornton Creek. Penalty paid. |
$1,000 |
Larry Altose, |
|
King |
Shoreline |
2/8/2018 |
Shoreline Investors LLC |
Discharged a mixture of stormwater and raw sewage from a construction site into the city stormwater system on Dec. 7, 2017. Penalty paid. |
$5,000 |
Larry Altose, |
|
King |
Mercer Island |
1/5/2018 |
BDR Holdings, LLC |
Allowed muddy water to flow from a construction site at 3408 97th Ave. SE to Lake Washington on Nov. 22 & 31, 2017. Failed to use stormwater best practices to prevent muddy discharges. Penalty paid. |
$6,000 |
Larry Altose, |
|
Lincoln |
Harrington |
1/17/2018 |
City of Harrington |
Failed to submit monitoring data for the city’s wastewater treatment plant, as required under its water quality permit, for Sept., Oct. and Nov. 2017. Penalty appealed. |
$6,000 |
Brook Beeler, |
|
Pacific |
Ocean Park |
1/2/2018 |
Corey Bardonski |
Water wells constructed by an unlicensed person and not in compliance with state water well construction standards. Penalty paid. |
$6,000 |
Dave Bennett, |
|
Skagit |
Anacortes |
1/30/2018 |
Cooke Aquaculture |
Released over 242,959 Atlantic Salmon and undetermined amount of fish feed to Puget Sound when a net pen collapsed in August 2017. Penalty appealed. News release |
$332,000 |
Jessie Payne, |
|
Whitman |
Pullman |
3/15/2018 |
Itani Development III, Inc. |
Failed to implement and maintain best practices required under the Construction Stormwater General Permit. Water filled with sediment discharged into Hatley Creek and Pullman's stormwater system. Penalty appealed. |
$3,000 |
Brook Beeler, |
|
Yakima |
Sunnyside |
2/14/2018 |
Mike’s Park & Pak Discount Cigarettes |
Failed to comply with multiple leak prevention and detection requirements for underground storage tanks. |
$5,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, |
|
Yakima |
Naches |
1/17/2018 |
Richard and Sarah Tamburello of Benton County |
Failed to restore the shoreline and remove the fill material illegally placed in the Naches River floodway near Nile in Yakima County as ordered. News release |
$16,000 |
Joye Redfield-Wilder, |