Bechtel and the DOE were fined by the Washington Department of Ecology for hazardous waste violations. “The U.S. Department of Energy and a Hanford contractor have been fined $5,000 for hazardous waste violations including an incident when pressure built up inside a drum resulting in the drum lid popping into the air, narrowly missing workers. The violations by Energy and Bechtel Hanford Inc. were based on Washington Department of Ecology inspections last fall of cleanup involving the four 183-H Solar Evaporation Basins, located along the southern shore of the Columbia River in the Hanford Site’s north-central area.”