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  • Whatcom industrial site owners fined nearly $1M for dangerous waste violations

    Isaac Stone Simonelli, Cascadia Daily News|Updated Dec 7, 2023

    The Washington Department of Ecology issued a $900,000 fine to Treoil Industrial site's owners in Whatcom County on Tuesday, Dec. 5, for non-compliance with the state's dangerous waste laws. The action comes after years of environmental negligence at the 34-acre site, historically used for refining biodiesel and processing tall oil - liquid rosin from pine trees. The site, owned by Jagroop Gill and Campbell Land Corporation, has been a matter of environmental concern for decad...