A 12 The Seattle Times Tuesday, July 20,198 Trucker, firm fined after blast; Lockheed Violations found by Tom Brooks Times staff reporter A trucker and the hazardous- I materials-transportation company he works for have been fined by the state Utilities and Transporta- tion Commission for violations dis- covered after a paint-solvent ex- plosion in Edmonds two months ago. At the same: time, federal investigators have found three doz- en hazardous-materials violations at Lockheed Shipyard 8.: Construc- tion Co. The drum of solvent that blew up came from Lockheed. The truck driver, Gordon J. Brougher, was fined $200 for mak- ing false entries in his daily log and for operating a vehicle containing hazardous materials in a residen- tial area with a school nearby. His employer, Resource Recov? ery Inc., received a new fine for failing to file a written report about the incident within the allot- ted time, and for various labeling and paperwork violations. Brougher, 42, drove his rig from Edmonds to a petroleum~ processing plant at Pier 91 after a 55-gallon drum of paint sludge and solvent exploded in front of his house. Resource Recovery is an affiliate of Chemical Processors Inc., which operates the Pier 91 plant. Brougher?said after the May 19 incident that he drove to Seattle down Interstate 5 immediately after the drum exploded because a school was less than a block away from his house and that Chemical Processors is familiar with hazard- ous materials. After Brougher arrived at Pier 91, firefighters evacuated nearby businesses and spent a tense 11/2 hours determining if the trailer loaded with 76 drums of hazardous materials was lethal. Meanwhile, federal Depart- ment of TranSportation investiga- tors have found 36 hazardous- materials violations at Lockheed Shipyard 8: Construction Co., where Brougher picked up the drum that blew. Annamaria Kane, an investiga- tor for the federal agency in Olympia, said most of those vibla- tions involve packaging regulations and the company?s failure to per- Royer orders end to planning for evacuation The Reagan administration?s emergency planning to evacuate - cities in case of nuclear war is ?virtually useless,? and the city of Seattle will not participate in the exercise, Mayor Charles Royer has declared In a letter to Fire Chief Robert Swartout, coordinator of the city? 5 emergency planning, Royer said Seattle should not ?lend credence to the dangerous idea that a nuclear war is a ?manageable emergency. The letter directed Swartout to end Fire Department participation in nuclear-evacuation planning by the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency. Instead, the depart- ment should concentrate on plans for responding to hazardousmate- rials and marine emergencies and natural disasters, Royer said. Royer noted that the Reagan administration has greatly in? creased the FEMA budget in an effort to devise a plan for evacuat- ing the nation?s cities to remote areas in the event of nuclear war. Royer said such thinking only contributes to the belief that nucle- ar weapons can be used without destroying mankind. Royer said that after studying the likely consequences of a nucle- ar attack near Seattle, have concluded that such an event would be so devastat'mg that emer? gency plans of the type FEMA is devising would be virtually use? less." Royer added that the ?only successful defense against the dev- astation of nuclear war will be its prevention." Seattle is not the first jurisdic- tion in Washington state to refuse to participate in nuclear- evacuatiOn planning. Two months ago King County Executive Randy Revelle directed his department heads to stop participating in FEMA planning, and San Juan County commission- ers two weeks ago rejected federal plans to make the islands a reloca- tion destination for thousands of evacuees. Bus service set for county fair Metro Bus service to the King County Fair in Enumclaw will begin tomorrow and continue through next Sunday. Route 150 buses that leave Second Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Seattle will meet with special fair shuttles in Auburn at First Street Northeast and Street Southeast Four trips each day will con- nect with the special fair buses. Weekday departure times in Seattle will be 8 IO noon and 2 pm. Weekend departures will be 8: 33 a 12:33 p.m.a_11d 2: 33 p. m. Fares will be 75 cents each way for off?peak riders and 90 cents for .peak trips. Elderly and handi- capped riders with Metro?s re duced-fare permits may ride for 15 cents. Shuttle fares will be 50 cents for off-peak trips and 60 cents during peak hours. form required tests on chemicals before they are packaged for shipment. The violations will be forward- ed to the agency' regional office in Portland, which will determine - if any monetaryd penalties will be assessed, she said Nick Russo, Utilities and Transportation Com- mission, said Brougher?s fine is the first time such action has been taken in Washington against the driver of a hazardous-materials shipment. "Fortunately . . most of the commodity went into the air. But there was the possibility it could have been worse," Russo said. assistant chief' enforcement officer with the state ?We feel he has to take responsibil- ity for this." . ?The commission' 5 citation against Brougher indicates his log book did not show he picked up a Shipment at Lockheed. Another entry indicated he drove directly from Redmond to Pier 91 after picking up a shipment. No mention was made of the stop at his Edmonds house, where Brougher previously has said he stopped brie?y to pick up some clothes. Brougher could nut be reached for comment yesterday But Ron West, president of Chemical Processors, said Re- source Recovery is contesting the requirement for the written report, which he said was inappropriate because of the circumstances of the incident. He said commission investigators were aware of the explosion and had begun their inquiry before the deadline for the written report expired HoWever, West said the label- ing and paperwork violations ?ap- pear to be true.? Resource RecoVery suspended Brougher from his driving duties the day after the explosion, pend- ing a company review of his actions. The. trucker since has returned to work, West said.- The cause ?of the explosion has not been determined, but Russo said a container with-samples of the suspected paint sludge and solvents showed characteristics similar to the exploded d111m. He said the sample expanded over. night andwhen its lid was loosened to vent .the container, "the top blew off and sprayed the stuff all over the ceiling." Since 1981, Resource Recovery has been ?cited. three times for transportation violations, and re- ceived one warning letter for unrelated incidents, Russo said. heed audit, federal investigators also have found three viOlations involving Resource Recovery 5 failure to ensure the Lockheed shipment was properly document- ed by the shipper. ?The carrier was a victim of circumstance," said Connie Me- in conjunction with the Lock-, Coy, a transportation-department investigator. ?But onch: he (Brougher) accepted it, it's his reSponsibility? to have proper -doc~_ um?entation, McCoy said. - On Friday, Chem-Nuclear Sys- tems Inc, a Bellevue?base?d firm low- level. radioactive and {chemical- wastes, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the operat- ing assets cf Chemical Processors and three of its affiliate compan- ies, including Resource Recovery Chem-Nuclear currently is in- volved in a legal battle over an attempt by Waste Mahdg'ernent of Illinois, to purchase a controlling share of the company' stock '11? 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