DEQ release – The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 19 penalties totaling $500,665 in August for various environmental violations. A detailed list of violations and resulting penalties is at https://ordeq.org/enforcement. Fines ranged from $1,050 to $136,845. Alleged violations include a chemical company transporting hazardous waste without proper documentation, a bread maker and a paper mill emitting more air pollution than allowed by their air quality permits, and a city discharging more water pollution than allowed by its wastewater permit. DEQ issued civil penalties to the following organizations in Southwest Oregon: Burns’ Davey Jones Locker, Inc. , $5,144, Charleston, underground fuel Storage tank; Georgia Pacific Toledo LLC, $43,704, Toledo, air quality and water quality; Larry Navilhon, $20,000, Roseburg, asbestos; Mark Wells, $23,200, Roseburg, asbestos; Swanson Group Mfg. LLC, $6,000, Roseburg, air quality; Organizations or individuals must either pay the fines or file an appeal within 20 days of receiving notice of the penalty. They may be able to offset a portion of a penalty by funding a supplemental environmental project that improves Oregon’s environment. Learn more about these projects at https://ordeq.org/sep.
