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State fines Washougal company $25K for improperly managing hazardous waste

Burlington Environmental, located near Steigerwald wildlife refuge in Port of C-W industrial park, penalized for ‘dangerous’ waste management

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Clean Earth trucks sit in the parking lot of the Burlington Environmental site at the Camas-Washougal industrial park, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

The Washington Department of Ecology has fined a Washougal company $25,000 for improperly managing hazardous waste.

The state said this month that Burlington Environmental, located at 632 S. 32nd St., in the Camas-Washougal Industrial Park, improperly stored dangerous waste on its Washougal site for several months and failed to adequately train its employees to manage the waste.

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