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The heftiest fine went to Griffin Crane & Steel Service, a crane equipment company located in Pearl River, Louisiana, who incurred a fine of $1,750. Specializing in signs, rigging and hydraulic cranes, Griffin Crane says it has been serving New Orleans and the Gulf Coast since 1980.

Another company who was fined $1,500 by the EPA was Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines Inc, a company that specializes in, and builds soft terrain-amphibious vehicles. Wilco's services include pipeline clearing, land reclamation, hazardous waste cleanup, levee work, disaster rescue, oilfield work and "any work requiring amphibious, soft terrain equipment."

According to Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines, their company has "helped develop rice fields in Indonesia, helped produce oil in Africa, reclaimed land in Abu Dhabi, and built roads in Peru." Their equipment, says Wilco, is also used in wetland restoration.

Other companies named and fined by the EPA included Kajun Truck Plaza ($1,500), Kajun Sportsman ($1,450), Chef Harbor ($1,000), American Vacuum ($900), Parish Concrete ($900), C&M Bayou Fuel Dock ($850), Ocean Marine Contractors ($800), and Professional Construction Services ($700).

According to the EPA, as part of the "Expedited Settlement Agreement with EPA, the companies have provided certification that all deficiencies have been corrected."

EPA fines River Parishes Oil $1,800 for spill control violations

The US Environmental Protection Agency fined River Parishes Oil Co. $1,800 for violating federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations outlined under the Clean Water Act.

EPA’s Region 6 office in Dallas cited the Norco, La.-based company on Aug. 6 after a federal inspection of one of River Parishes Oil’s bulk storage facilities in Norco revealed that it had no SPCC plans, and that inspection reports had not been maintained for three years as regulations required.

Employees working at the site had not been trained to operate equipment to prevent discharges, and training or discharge procedure protocols and spill prevention briefings were not scheduled or conducted periodically, EPA said in its citation.

The inspection also found inadequate second containment and mobile storage containers were not positioned to prevent discharged oil from reaching nearby waterways, it continued. Norco provided certification that all identified deficiencies were corrected as part of an expedited settlement agreement, EPA said.

Colorado Company Settles with EPA Over Illegal Discharges into Los Pinos River

June 26, 2006 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 has reached an agreement with Gosney & Sons, Inc., of Bayfield, Colo., requiring Gosney to pay $160,000 in penalties for violating the Clean Water Act and EPA’s storm water regulations.

EPA inspectors found the Gosney business discharging pollutants into the Los Pinos River without the required National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit at its Bayfield Pit facility.

Moreover, Gosney’s operation disposed of other wastes into an on-site pond. The Gosney business also did not have an adequate Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan to control the petroleum products and waste. Gosney & Sons, Inc., also operated a second sand and gravel operation, Grove Pit, located at the intersection of County Roads 521 and 524 in Bayfield, without an NPDES permit and did not have a storm water pollution prevention plan.

Sand and gravel mining operations are required to have a storm water pollution prevention plan stating best management practices to minimize the discharge of sediment and other pollutants into storm water. During their inspections, EPA representatives also observed no or inadequate best management practices to control sediment and other pollutants generated by Gosney’s industrial operations. Sediment is the second leading cause of water quality impairment in the U.S.. High levels of sediment can impact aquatic life and drinking water supplies.

EPA Region 8 Assistant Regional Administrator Carol Rushin said, “We hope this settlement sends a message that compliance with federal environmental laws is not only important to protect our environment, but necessary as well.”

The settlement is comprised of three penalties: $115,000 for Clean Water Act and storm water violations at the Bayfield Pit, $38,000 for Clean Water Act and storm water violations at the Grove Pit, and $7,000 for SPCC violations at the Bayfield Pit. Gosney & Sons, Inc., ceased operations at its Grove Pit site in February 2006. Gosney is now in compliance with SPCC at the Bayfield site

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