Four Hawai'i companies have been fined between $2,300 and $6,500 for violations by the state Health Department's Clean Air Branch, it was announced today.

The companies cited are Earthworks Pacific Inc., Goodfellow Brothers Inc., Tesoro Hawai'i Corp. and Meadow Gold Dairies Inc.

Earthworks Pacific Inc. was fined $6,500 for not taking reasonable precautions to prevent visible fugitive dust from becoming airborne at the Kaua'i Marriott Resort and Beach Club construction site located at 3610 Rice St. in Lihue on Feb. 29 and March 31. The DOH and Earthworks Pacific will be entering into a consent order in the near future regarding the issue.

The other three companies have paid fines related to their violations.

Goodfellow Brothers Inc. paid a $2,400 fine for late submittal of its semi-annual report form for January through June 2007 as required by their permit. The violation was discovered on Jan. 30 of this year during a records review of the 780 TPH stone processing plant located at 480C Welakahao Road in Kihei, Maui.

Tesoro Hawai'i Corp. paid a $2,300 fine for failing to perform a sulfur dioxide test, specifically a relative accuracy test audit for their sulfur recovery unit tail gas incinerator sulfur dioxide continuous emissions monitoring system in the third quarter of 2007. The violation was discovered during a records review on Feb. 8 of the oil refinery located at 91-325 Komohana St. in Kapolei.

Meadow Gold Dairies Inc., paid a $2,400 fine for late submittal of its semi-annual report form for July through December 2007 as required by their permit. The violation was discovered on March 28 during a records review of the plant's two 150-horsepower Cleaver-Brooks boilers located at 910 Sheridan St.