Bandon Pacific, Inc. v. Environmental Quality Commission

Petitioner seeks judicial review of a final order by the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) that imposed a civil penalty of $200,266. Between January 2004 and December 2008, a seafood processing plant owned by petitioner committed numerous violations of its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and state laws applicable to the disposal of solid fish waste. Conceding that the violations occurred, petitioner nonetheless argues, in four assignments of error, that the EQC erred in its calculation and imposition of the civil penalty. We reject three of those…