The Washington State Department of Ecology fined Olympic Pipeline Company and BP Pipelines nearly $4 million for a 21,000-gallon gasoline spill near Conway.

Ecology issued a $3.8 million penalty to the two companies and is also seeking to recover its response cost of $822,162 for the 2023 spill, according to a news release Monday.

From the spill, 4,000 gallons filled a nearby fish-bearing stream, and a school had to be closed temporarily.

“Due to the spill’s proximity to private residences and the Conway School, the potential for public health and safety impacts was high. The spill resulted in the temporary closure of the school and a local road, which heavily impacted the local community,” Ecology stated.

Crews worked three months to clean up 12,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil

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