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Article: DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY FINES PHILIP SERVICES FOR DANGEROUS WASTE VIOLATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 21, 2006
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The Washington state Department of Ecology issued the following news release:
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has fined Philip Services Corp. $16,000 for violating state hazardous waste management rules at its Tacoma facility.
Philip Services owns several hazardous waste treatment, storage and transfer sites in Washington, including a location in Tacoma, which operates as Burlington Environmental, Inc.
The Tacoma facility accepts hazardous and dangerous waste generated by businesses and other entities located in Washington as well as other states and some foreign countries. The company treats and/or stores these wastes prior to readying them for disposal by another ...