COLFAX, WA – The Coleman Oil Company has been fined 12,000 dollars for not notifying the Washington Department of Ecology quick enough about a spill from a tanker crash.
The spill occurred in January of 2023 when the driver of a Coleman tanker crashed South of Colfax on U.S. Highway 195. The crash spilled over 2,000 gallons of gas and diesel contaminating a ditch that flows into Spring Flat Creek. Crews cleaned up the spill and removed oil saturated soil. DOE has announced that Coleman was fined for not notifying the agency of the spill within one hour.
The tanker truck driver crashed when he swerved to miss a cat.
