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Oregon DEQ issues environmental fines

10:37 AM PDT on Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Associated Press

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Oregon DEQ announces July environmental fines

SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has announced 17 penalties totaling nearly $128,000for July 2008.

So far in 2008, DEQ has issued 136 penalties totaling just over $1 million.

In July, DEQ issued a $12,349 penalty to Eugene-based Johnson Crushers International Incorporated for hazardous waste disposal violations.

The company has appealed the fine, and says it is willing to make some environmental improvements.

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