Astoria, OR – According to the state officials, fines ranged from $450 to $96,574.
Alleged violations included cities violating the requirements of their wastewater permits, a landfill exceeding its Title V Operating Permit emissions limits and an anodizing facility for disposing hazardous waste into the public sanitary sewer system.
DEQ issued civil penalties to the following organizations and individuals:
• A&J Lawn and Tree, Salem, $3,874, air quality
• A&N Transport LLC, Portland, $24,820, stormwater
• Agri-Plas., Inc., Brooks, $33,320, stormwater and solid waste
• Anodize Solutions LLC, Tualatin, $16,481, hazardous waste
• City of Carlton, Carlton, $11,527, wastewater
• City of Huntington, Huntington, $36,115, wastewater
• City of Lafayette, Lafayette, $69,210, wastewater
• Gee Automotive Portland XVI LLC, Hillsboro, $1,200, air quality reporting
• K Manufacturing, Inc., Astoria, $17,706, stormwater
• Khan Oil LLC, Clackamas, $1,500, air quality reporting
• Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Portland, $54,000, air quality
• Safety-Kleen, Clackamas, $15,000, hazardous waste
• Wasco County Landfill, Inc., The Dalles, $96,574, air quality
• West Coast Wire Rope & Rigging, Inc., Portland, $450, air quality reporting
• Willamette Egg Farms, Canby, $13,923, stormwater