Pasco fertilizer producer fined for air-quality violations

PASCO, Wash. (AP) — A Pasco fertilizer producer has been fined $25,500 for making 650 tons of ammonium phosphate liquid fertilizer with a mobile reactor without a Washington state air quality permit. The Washington state Department of Ecology says Pacific Northwest Solutions has a long non-compliance history. The company was fined $5,000 in 2019 and again in 2020 for failing to properly test its equipment to ensure it met air quality emissions standards. On March 7 through 9, Pacific Northwest Solutions produced 650 tons of liquid fertilizer with a reactor in Moses Lake. The company could not be reached for comment. It has 30 days to appeal the fine.