A shipping company based in the Bahamas has been fined $81,000 for spilling oil from one of its cargo ships into the Columbia River near Longview, the state Department of Ecology said yesterday.
About 800 gallons of fuel oil spilled in January 2002 from the Pendrecht, a bulk carrier owned by Dockendale Shipping Company Ltd., Ecology officials said.
Dockendale has 15 days to apply for relief from the fine or 30 days to appeal the penalty to the state Pollution Control Hearings Board.
AP
