Hillsboro oil supplier fined $50,000 for equipment issues
Two Bretthauer Oil Co. facilities in Hillsboro received fines for fuel storage tank monitoring violations.
A Hillsboro-based oil and fuel supplier has been fined more than $50,000 by state environmental regulators for violating underground fuel storage requirements.
Two Bretthauer Oil Co. facilities located near Pacific Pride gas stations in Hillsboro received fines, according to notices issued in late April by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
At one facility, located at 453 S.W. Washington St., Bretthauer Oil officials failed to install, maintain and monitor a leak detection system on an underground fuel storage tank, DEQ officials said.
Investigators determine cause of Cornelius ethanol fire March 17 2021
Static from the fuel mixing process appears to have started the fire at Thunderbolt Racing Fuel and Summit Foods.
Fire investigators have concluded that static during the racing fuel production process was likely to blame for the three-alarm fire at the Summit Foods and Thunderbolt Racing Fuel facility in the 500 block of North Fourth Avenue Tuesday, March 16.
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said that after investigating the scene and speaking with employees, investigators learned that an employee felt intense heat while transferring super unleaded gasoline from one metal drum to another, which contained ethanol part of the mixing process to make the high-quality racing fuel.