Wood Products Company Fined
(Sheridan, OR) -- A wood products company in Sheridan has been fined 250 thousand dollars for illegally dumping chemicals. The Oregon Attorney General's Office says Stella-Jones admitted to repeatedly dumping a toxic chemical used to treat wood in discharges from the facility. The incidents happened between December 2022 and March 2023. Stella-Jones pleaded guilty to ten misdemeanor counts of Unlawful Water Pollution. 50 thousand dollars will be removed from the fine if they don't have additional violations during three years of probation.



