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Compliance with environmental laws helps protect air, land, and water in communities across Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Release Date: 07/31/2013
Contact Information: Suzanne Skadowski, EPA Region 10 Public Affairs, 206-295-4829, [email protected]

(Seattle – July 31, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, completed over 20 environmental compliance and enforcement actions in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in April through June 2013.

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

In April through June of 2013, EPA Region 10 completed the following environmental enforcement actions:

State	City	Name	Violation	Penalty	Date
AK	Kodiak	International Seafoods Alaska	Violated hazardous chemical risk management rules (RMP)	$3,000	6/5
AK	Bethel	Bethel Utilities Corporation	Violated spill prevention and control rules (CWA) (SPCC)	$1,500	4/25
ID	Culdesac	Larry Boyer Land & Cattle	Violated pesticide rules (FIFRA)	$560	4/16
ID	Grangeville	Ed Stuivenga	Violated open burning rules (CAA) (FARR)	$5,536	5/1
ID	Kamiah	Empire Lumber Co.	Violated air pollution limits (CAA) (FARR)	$70,000	6/19
ID	Franklin	City of Franklin	Violated wastewater permit (CWA) (NPDES)	$10,500	4/22
ID	Caldwell	W/T Land & Cattle, Inc.	Discharged wastewater without permit (CWA) (NPDES)	$42,000	6/17
ID	Moscow	Hill Rental Properties, LLC	Failed to disclose lead-based paint hazards (LDR)	$1,880	6/20
OR	St. Paul	Animal House Pet Store	Sold and distributed mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	(Stop Sale Order)	4/24
OR	Corvallis	Elite Property Management	Failed to disclose lead-based paint hazards (LDR)	$12,530	6/6
OR	Keizer	Advanced Management, Inc.	Failed to disclose lead-based paint hazards (LDR)	$1,000	4/13
OR	Warm Springs	Warm Springs Reservation	Violated wastewater permit (CWA) (NPDES)	(None)	5/16
OR	Tigard	Ag Specialties, LLC	Imported mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	(Stop Sale Order)	4/26
OR	Troutdale	Travel Centers of America	Violated underground storage tank rules (UST)	$420	5/22
WA	Seattle	Tacoma Ag Holdings, LLC	Imported mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	$4,800	4/11
WA	Seattle	NuFarm Americas, Inc.	Imported mislabeled pesticides (FIFRA)	(Stop Sale Order)	5/7 & 6/11
WA	Hanford	Department of Energy	Violated hazardous waste permit and management rules (RCRA)	$136,000	6/26
WA	Bremerton	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Violated wastewater permit (CWA) (NPDES)	(None)	4/4
WA	Seattle	Gary Merlino Construction	Violated industrial stormwater permit (CWA) (NPDES)	$36,000	5/13
WA	White Swan	Cougar Den Inc.	Violated underground injection well rules (SDWA)	$11,991	5/8
WA	Wapato	Da Stor at Lillie’s Corner	Violated underground injection well rules (SDWA)	$13,140	4/30

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

• CAA – Clean Air Act
• CWA – Clean Water Act
• FARR – Federal Air Rules for Reservations
• FIFRA – Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• LDR – Lead Disclosure Rule
• NPDES – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
• RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
• RMP – Risk Management Plan Rule
• SDWA – Safe Drinking Water Act
• SPCC – Spill, Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Rules
• UST – Underground Storage Tank