The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has issued penalties to two firms for environmental violations last year.

Brideau Oil Corp. of Fitchburg was fined $13,255 for failing to notify MassDEP of a release of home heating oil within the required two hours, and failure to take timely cleanup actions.

On Jan. 6, 2011, a release of an unknown volume of home heating oil occurred during a delivery on Eden Glen in Leominster. The release was a result of an over-fill during the delivery, causing oil to spill onto the soil basement floor and out the vent pipe to the ground.

On March 14, 2011, the Leominster Board of Health informed MassDEP of the release, following their investigation of a report of oil in the roadway outside the residence. Following notification by the Board of Health, Brideau Oil retained a contractor and licensed site professional to initiate oil cleanup actions.

As part of a consent order with MassDEP, the company will revise its spill management plan to prevent future incidents of this nature. The company must also pay $6,612.50 of the assessed penalty, with the remainder suspended as long as there are no further violations for a year.

“Notification of reportable oil releases must be provided to MassDEP within the required two-hour period, and timely cleanup actions taken,” Lee Dillard Adams, acting director of MassDEP’s central regional office in Worcester, said in a statement.

In the other case, J.B. Justice & Co. Inc, a Houston trucking firm, was fined $2,000 for failing to complete and submit final documentation of an oil spill cleanup related to a tractor-trailer fire on Route 291 in Springfield.

On Sept. 30, 2011 at approximately 3 a.m., a tractor-trailer unit owned and operated by J.B. Justice caught fire in the vicinity of Exit 2B on Route 291. The fire was extinguished by the Springfield Fire Department.

MassDEP responded to the site and observed petroleum products, including diesel fuel and motor oil, had been released to pavement and the storm drainage system. J.B. Justice was required to retain an emergency response cleanup contractor to address the spill. Although the cleanup was successfully completed, J.B. Justice failed to submit documentation from the cleanup. The company also failed to respond to a Notice of Noncompliance issued in December 2011 that allowed an extension of the deadline to submit the required information.

In addition to fining the trucking company, MassDEP ordered it to submit final cleanup documentation within 30 days.