Contaminated soil spilled on ground at Duwamish Waterway facility

Waste hauler fined for stormwater violations

SEATTLE – October 15, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — The penalty also cites the company for attempting to handle the shipment without proper planning or preparation. Soil in stormwater is a pollutant. The particles can harm habitat and injure the delicate breathing tissues in fish gills..

Clean out storm drains and catch basins in the area where soil sacks were stockpiled outside the stormwater containment area, and test material removed from the catch basins.

Conduct additional monitoring of the facility’s stormwater discharges.

Submit a full engineering plan for containing or treating stormwater before resuming soil sack shipments.

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