Oregon companies fined for environmental violations

The downtown office for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Four Oregon companies were collectively fined over $78,000 for environmenta...

July 7, 2022
7:34 PM

The downtown office for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Four Oregon companies were collectively fined over $78,000 for environmental violations.In May, the state Department of Environmental Quality fined Selmet Incorporated in Albany roughly $62,000 for abandoning flammable, hazardous waste. And the Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company received more than $10,00 dollars in fines for dumping foreign freshwater into local sources, which could potentially introduce invasive species into coastal Oregon.

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