State issues environmental penalties to trucking company, sewer district

Published 8:00 am Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued two penalties in September for environmental violations in Clatsop County.

Mike Gedenberg Trucking in Astoria was fined $39,090 for failure to immediately clean up an oil spill when a truck owned by the company crashed on state Highway 202 in Astoria in February. 

Mike Gedenberg said he is appealing the penalty. 

The Westport Sewer Service District was fined $5,925 for exceeding E. coli bacteria effluent limits in the district’s wastewater discharge permit. The district was also fined for failing to submit a plan for facility improvements and maintenance activities to prevent future exceedance of E.coli required by a previous Department of Environmental Quality order.