Listicle: Which Alaska businesses were targeted for fines by the EPA in 2024?

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The EPA issued over $500,000 in fines against Alaska businesses in 2024, for violating such things as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. Some of the violations are due to simple deficits in recordkeeping and most fines were settlements with the entities listed.

In one violation cited by the EPA, Couer Alaska, a mining company working in Southeast Alaska, did not treat leather work gloves and leather mining belts as hazardous waste, as required by the agency.

Click on the names of the companies in blue to see the violations for which they were cited:

Absolute Services, Inc.Anchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$1,000
Airgas USA LLCPalmer, AKClean Air Act$800
AK Flood Restoration LLCAnchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$200
Alaska Stormwater Maintenance YardAnchorage, AKClean Water Act$2,188
Cellnetix Pathology and LaboratoriesPalmer, AKResource Conservation and Recovery Act$12,500
Coeur Alaska, Inc.Juneau, AKResource Conservation and Recovery Act$15,000
Dawson Development, Inc.Anchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$1,000
Dunlap Builders LLCAnchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$200
Durham School ServicesPalmer, AKSafe Drinking Water Act$164,000
Granite ConstructionAnchorage, AKClean Water Act$8,438
K&W Interiors, Inc.Anchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$1,000
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School DistrictPalmer, AKSafe Drinking Water Act$42,000
Municipality of SkagwaySkagway, AKClean Water Act$1,613
Petro Star, Inc.Anchorage, AKClean Water Act$1,575
Pioneer Floorcare LLCChugiak, AKToxic Substances Control Act$1,000
Quality Asphalt PavingAnchorage, AKClean Water Act$13,711
Roy Briley Property Services LLCAnchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$2,000
Silver Bay Seafoods – False Pass LLCPort Moller, AKClean Air Act$1,200
Steve of All Trades LLCAnchorage, AKToxic Substances Control Act$200
United States Army Garrison Fort WainwrightFairbanks, AKResource Conservation and Recovery Act$233,300
United States Coast Guard Base KodiakKodiak, AKResource Conservation and Recovery Act$17,926
US Ecology Alaska LLCAnchorage, AKResource Conservation and Recovery Act$1,250
Walmart Supercenter No 2722Fairbanks, AKResource Conservation and Recovery Act$20,000

2 COMMENTS

  1. Note the Army being fined half the overall total. We knew this decades ago, whether it was EPA or DEC. If they need money or recognition, they go after the deep pockets or evil entities. They simply conduct a surprise inspection (or even a scheduled one), and they WILL find violations. This should be no surprise to anybody…….unless you’ve been living in a protected bubble.

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