EPA Region 10 enforcement actions in 2023

SEATTLE –- The following tables summarize enforcement actions the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10 office completed in 2023. Each case is linked to the corresponding legal documents which provide further details.  

Cases resulting in large penalty amounts are typically announced via stand-alone news releases at the time of settlement and can be found in the EPA Region 10 Newsroom. 

In Alaska: 

Case	City	Violation	Penalty
Alta Group, Inc.	Anchorage	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Boyer Towing, Inc.	Ketchikan	Clean Water Act	$2,844
Kodiak Fishmeal Company	Kodiak	Clean Water Act	$1,719
Lowe's Companies, LLC	Fairbanks	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	$6,250
Martelle Construction, LLC	Juneau	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
OBI Seafoods, LLC	Kodiak	Clean Water Act	$469
Red Oak, LLC	Anchorage	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
The Home Depot	Fairbanks	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	$3,750
Trident Seafoods Corporation	Akutan	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$67,720
Univar Solutions USA, Inc.	Anchorage	Clean Air Act	$1,200

In Idaho: 

Case	City	Violation	Amount
Bashista Construction Corporation	Ketchum	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000
Brighton Development, Inc.	Meridian	Clean Water Act	$4,320
Burley Glass, LLC	Heyburn	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
City of Trees Building Company LLC	Boise	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Crown Construction LLC	Nampa	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Finish Line Construction	Coeur d’Alene	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000
Herco, Inc.	Lewiston	Clean Water Act	$4,395
Lawson Land Inc. and Russell Koepke	Pierce	Clean Water Act	$55,500
M3 ID (Rising Sun LLC, Conger Group and Syman LLC)	Kuna	Clean Water Act	$15,240
Michael Reese and Janet Reese	North Fork	Clean Water Act	$8,000
Parker, Inc.	Boise	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Rite Stuff Foods, Inc.	Jerome	Clean Air Act	$2,000
United Farm Service, Inc.	Twin Falls	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$1,000
Varmit Getter, LLC	Payette	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$300
Water Damage Pro of Idaho, LLC	Boise	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, LLC	Buhl	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$1,400

In Oregon: 

Case	City	Violation	Penalty
ALN Construction LLC	Portland	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Astoria Pacific Seafoods, LLC	Astoria	Clean Air Act	$800
Bornstein Seafoods, Inc.	Astoria	Clean Air Act	$2,000
Boulder Creek Construction LLC	Portland	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000
Chaucer Foods, Inc.	Forest Grove	Clean Air Act	$1,200
Farmers Supply Cooperative	Ontario	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$4,391
Klamath Energy LLC	Klamath Falls	Clean Air Act	$2,000
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.	Boardman	Clean Air Act	$2,000
Old Growth Homes, LLC	Portland	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Redemption Construction	West Linn	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
SRC WORLDWIDE, INC.	Albany	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	$261,499
Tom Champion Builders LLC	Portland	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200

In Washington: 

Case	City	Violation	Penalty
Astro Auto Wrecking, LLC	Federal Way	Clean Water Act	$35,400
Bornstein Seafoods, Inc.	Bellingham	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$5,000
Burlington Environmental, LLC	Tacoma	Clean Water Act	$3,719
Cascade Designs Inc.	Seattle	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$500
Cascade Mountain Technologies, LLC	Snoqualmie	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$8,705
Cascade View, LLC	Yakima	Clean Air Act	$1,200
Cesco Solutions, Inc.	Bellingham	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$54,987
Chill Transportation LLC	Toppenish	Clean Water Act	$2,000
Columbia Pulp LLC	Dayton	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$5,500
DJ's Diesel	Moses Lake	Clean Air Act	$1,650
Farwest Operating, LLC	Moxee	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$45,147
Fruitsmart, Inc.	Prosser	Clean Air Act	$1,200
Harrison Homes, LLC	Gig Harbor	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000
Intalco Aluminum LLC	Ferndale	Clean Water Act	$99,000
Kemira Chemicals Inc.	Washougal	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$1,000
Kiva Energy, Inc.	Arlington and Washougal	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$5,000
Kyron Environmental Inc.	Spokane	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000
Lennar Northwest, LLC	Vancouver	Clean Water Act	$3,900
Lineage Logistics, LLC	Burien	Clean Air Act	$1,200
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport	Keyport	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	$4,500
NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics	Tacoma	Clean Air Act	$1,200
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders	Freeland	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act	$5,375
Northern Transport, Inc.	Enumclaw	Clean Water Act	$10,000
Northside 4, LLC	Vancouver	Clean Water Act	$3,340
Nouryon Pulp and Performance Chemicals, LLC	Moses Lake	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$8,062
Now Environmental Services	Federal Way	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000
O. D. Snider & Son, Inc.	Sumner	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$5,000
Outlaw Diesel Repair, LLC	Roy	Clean Air Act	$3,500
Parrott's B and B Welding	Enumclaw	Clean Water Act	$5,000
Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County	Wenatchee	Clean Water Act	$1,188
Pulte Homes of Washington LLC	Bellevue	Clean Water Act	$9,220
Ron and Leo's Welding Services	Enumclaw	Clean Water Act	$1,250
Roy Farms, Inc.	Moxee	Clean Air Act	$2,000
Swanson Bark & Wood Products Inc.	Longview	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act	$1,400
TDS Home Services, LLC	Renton	Toxic Substances Control Act	$5,000
Trinity Partnership Property Management LLC of Seattle	Seattle	Toxic Substances Control Act	$200
Trout-Blue Chelan-Magi, Inc. OBA Chelan Fruit Cooperative - Bridge Street	Chelan Falls	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act	$5,000
True Restoration Inc.	Kirkland	Toxic Substances Control Act	$1,000

Additionally, EPA Region 10 issued a Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order to Royal Appliances Mtg. Co. (pdf) (264.3 KB) of Charlotte, N.C., and Target Corporation (pdf) (258.2 KB) of Minneapolis, Minn., under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.   

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