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Compliance with environmental laws protects air, land, and water across Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Release Date: 05/09/2014
Contact Information: Hanady Kader, EPA Public Affairs, 206-553-0454, kader.hanady@epa.gov

(Seattle – May 8, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, completed nearly 100 environmental compliance and enforcement actions in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington from July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.

Violations of environmental laws can put public health and the environment at risk. EPA enforces federal environmental laws to protect communities and to keep our region’s air, land, and water clean and healthy. These compliance and enforcement efforts also level the playing field by deterring violators who might otherwise have an unfair business advantage over environmentally compliant facilities and businesses.

From July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, EPA Region 10 completed the following environmental enforcement actions:

State	City	Name	Violation	Penalty	Date
AK	Anchorage	Shell	Violated air permits for Arctic oil, gas exploration and drilling (CAA)	$1.1 million	Sept. 2013
AK	Wrangell	Wrangell Oil	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$45,500	Dec. 2013
AK	N/A	The Fishing Company of Alaska Inc—F/V Alaska Warrior	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$44,473	Dec. 2013
AK	N/A	Golden Fleece Inc.—F/V Golden Fleece	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$136,072	Sept. 2013
AK	N/A	Blue North Fisheries Inc.—F/V Blue Ballard and F/V Blue Pacific	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$94,500	Sept. 2013
AK	Big Lake	Burkeshore Marina	Violated spill prevention and control rules (CWA)	$2,100	July 2013
AK	Elmendorf AFB	Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson	Violated hazardous waste management rules (RCRA)	$21,245	Sept. 2013
AK	Cantwell	Tsesyu Services	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$840	Nov. 2013
AK	Delta Junction	Buffalo Service Center	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$210	Oct. 2013
AK	Fairbanks	Tesoro #111	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$210	July 2013
AK	Glennallen	Glennallen Fuel	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$1,050	Aug. 2013
AK	Healy	McKinley RV Miners Market	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$210	Sept. 2013
AK	Palmer	The Green Store	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$410	Sept. 2013
AK	Sites across Alaska	Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities	Violated safe drinking water rules (SDWA)	$332,000	Sept. 2013
AK	Juneau	Alaska Commercial Contractors	Failed to disclose lead-based paint hazards (TSCA)	$32,130	Sept. 2013
AK	Juneau	Van Pool Painting	Failed to disclose lead-based paint hazards (TSCA)	$10,000	Sept. 2013
ID	Nampa	Sorrento Lactalis	Violated hazardous chemical risk management rules (CAA)	$91,352	July 2013
ID	Winchester	BBA Winchester, LLC	Violated asbestos rules (CAA)	$21,000	Sept. 2013
ID	Jerome	Davisco Foods International, Jerome Cheese	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$304,000	July 2013
ID	Twin Falls	McCollum Enterprises	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$25,000	Nov. 2013
ID	Genesee	City of Genesee	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$17,700	Dec. 2013
ID	Rockland	City of Rockland	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	(Compliance Order by Consent)	July 2013
ID	Rockland	City of Rockland	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$9,100	Sept. 2013
ID	Paul	Amalgamated Sugar company	Unauthorized discharge (CWA)	$7,500	July 2013
ID	Paul	Amalgamated Sugar company	Unauthorized discharge (CWA)	(Compliance Order by Consent)	July 2013
ID	Caldwell	JR Simplot Company	Unauthorized discharge (CWA)	(Compliance Order by Consent)	Aug. 2013
ID	St Maries	City of St Maries	Violated wastewater permit (CWA)	$8,100	Sept. 2013
ID	Caldwell	JR Simplot Company	Unauthorized discharge (CWA)	$10,000	Sept. 2013
ID	Marsing	Amvac Chemical Corporation	Sold mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	(Stop Sale)	July 2013
ID	Island Park Station	Henry’s Lake Station	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$840	Nov. 2013
ID	Twin Falls	Western States Equipment	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$630	Sept. 2013
ID	Burley	MacLaughlin Gas and Grocery	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$420	Sept. 2013
ID	Burley	City of Burley Water Department	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$630	Sept. 2013
OR	Portland	Siltronic Corporation	Violated hazardous chemical risk management rules (CAA)	$4,000	Sept. 2013
OR	Dillard	Oregon Door Company	Emitted toluene pollutant above limits in federal standards and state permits (CAA) and failed to report (EPCRA)	$50,000	Dec. 2013
OR	Gresham	City Of Gresham	Violated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit (CWA)	(Compliance Order by Consent)	Sept. 2013
OR	Fairview	City of Fairview	Violated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit (CWA)	(Compliance Order by Consent)	Sept. 2013
OR	Salem	City of Salem	Violated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit (CWA)	(Compliance Order by Consent)	Sept. 2013
OR	Portland	Darigold	Violations of chemical reporting rules (EPCRA)	$42,496	Nov. 2013
OR	Junction City	Sure Crop Farm Services	Violated pesticide rules (FIFRA)	$1,360	Sept. 2013
OR	Salem	Griffin Brothers	Sold mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	$36,160	Sept. 2013
OR	Portland	Five Star Chevron	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$980	Oct. 2013
OR	Portland	Van’s 76 Food Mart and Service	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$420	Dec. 2013
OR	Astoria	Highway Service	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$630	Dec. 2013
OR	Astoria	Landwehr’s	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$630	Dec. 2013
OR	Wolf Creek	Wolf Creek Texaco	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$210	July 2013
OR	Grants Pass	Tesoro USA #62524	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$420	July 2013
WA	Kalama	Chemtrade Performance Chemicals	Violated chemical risk management rules (CAA)	$1,760	July 2013
WA	Seattle	RDI Marine	Violated vessel engine rules (CAA)	$39,000	Nov. 2013
WA	Tacoma	Port of Tacoma	Violated wetlands protection rules (CWA)	$500,000	Nov. 2013
WA	Seattle	King County	Violated sewer overflow rules (CWA)	$200,000	July 2013
WA	Seattle	City of Seattle	Violated sewer overflow rules (CWA)	$175,000	July 2013
WA	Seattle	Ash Grove Cement	Discharged stormwater without permit (CWA)	$600,000	Sept. 2013
WA	Seattle	MacMillan-Piper	Violated stormwater permit (CWA)	$37,500	Dec. 2013
WA	Seattle	Waste Management of Washington	Discharged process wastewater without permit (CWA)	$33,570	July 2013
WA	Everett	Mary’s-A-Wreck Auto Parts and Recycling	Unauthorized stormwater discharge (CWA)	$13,500	Sept. 2013
WA	Everett	Everett Recycling	Unauthorized stormwater discharge (CWA)	$14,500	Sept. 2013
WA	Yakima	Wondrack Distributing	Violated spill prevention and control rules (CWA)	$27,522	Aug. 2013
WA	Cle Elum	Storey’s Service Station	Violated spill prevention and control rules (CWA)	$2,350	Oct. 2013
WA	Longview	PPG Industries	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$28,344	Dec. 2013
WA	Federal Way	Enchanted Village (Wild Waves)	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$16,347	Dec. 2013
WA	Tacoma	Targa Sound Terminal	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$14,335	Sept. 2013
WA	Tacoma	Star and Ice Fuel	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$50,806	July 2013
WA	Tacoma	Thermo Fluids	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$155,400	Sept. 2013
WA	Puyallup	TruGreen	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$53,300	Sept. 2013
WA	Wenatchee	Weinstein Beverage Company	Violated hazardous substance reporting rules (EPCRA)	$2,000	Aug. 2013
WA	Seattle	Cascade Designs	Violated pesticide rules (FIFRA)	$7,920	Dec. 2013
WA	Farmington	Skyline Chemical	Violated pesticide rules (FIFRA)g	$2,640	Sept. 2013
WA	Richland	Permafix Northwest	Violated hazardous waste management rules (RCRA)	$187,620	July 2013
WA	Deer Park	Inland Feed and Farm Supply	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$840	Oct. 2013
WA	Kalama	Steelscape	Violated hazardous waste permit and management rules (RCRA)	$3,750	Sept. 2013
WA	Seattle	Trident Seafoods	Violated hazardous waste management rules (RCRA)	$5,250	Sept. 2013
WA	Kelso	Border Stop Market	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$4,835	Sept. 2013
WA	Bainbridge Island	Fletcher Bay Mart	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$210	Nov. 2013
WA	Silverdale	Central Kitsap High School	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$420	Dec. 2013
WA	Ellensburg	Broadway Flying J Truck Stop	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$840	Nov. 2013
WA	Vancouver	Fourth Plain Grocery	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$630	Dec. 2013
WA	White Swan	Mt. Adams School District	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$420	Oct. 2013
WA	Spokane	Evergreen Gas and Grocery	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$420	Oct. 2013
WA	Brinnon	Pleasant Harbor Marina	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$630	Oct. 2013
WA	Chimacum	Chimacum Chevron	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$210	Aug. 2013
WA	Bremerton	Chico Way Shell	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$70	Sept. 2013
WA	Kennewick	Kennewick Truck Stop	Violated underground storage tank rules (RCRA)	$420	Sept. 2013
WA	Tacoma	City of Tacoma Landfill	Violated PCB rules (TSCA)	$40,000	Sept. 2013
WA	Kent	Burlington Environmental, LLC	Violated PCB rules (TSCA)	$2,400	Sept. 2013
WA	Seattle	Blaser Die Co.	Violated PCB rules (TSCA)	$11,000	Sept. 2013

Multi-state enforcement actions:

ID	Inkom	Ash Grove Cement	Failed to obtain appropriate construction permit. (Part of national case against multiple facilities.) (CAA)	$49.974	Aug. 2013
OR	Durkee	Ash Grove Cement	Failed to obtain appropriate construction permit. (Part of national case against multiple facilities.) (CAA)	$201,334	Aug. 2013
WA	Seattle	Ash Grove Cement	Part of national enforcement settlement. (CAA)	$146,974	Aug. 2013
R10	133 Various Locations in AK, ID, OR and WA	Safeway	Failed to repair ozone-depleting substances leaks as required. (Part of national case against 669 facilities.)(CAA)	$121,093	Nov. 2013
IL/WA	Alsip	NuFarm Americas	Imported mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	(Stop Sale)	July 2013
IN/WA	Huntington	PLBF Global	Violated engine manufacturing rules (CAA)	$12,000	July 2013

More information about the environmental rules and regulations referenced in the above enforcement cases:

• CAA – Clean Air Act
• CWA – Clean Water Act
• EPCRA – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
• FARR – Federal Air Rules for Indian Reservations (FARR)
• FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• PCBs – Polychlorinated Biphenyls (TSCA)
• RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• SDWA – Safe Drinking Water Act
• SPCC – Spill, Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Rules (CWA)
• UST – Underground Storage Tank (RCRA)
• TSCA– Toxic Substances Control Act