Discharging fish waste from a fish processing plant without a permit: we’re pretty sure that’s not a good thing, but good to see regulators taking action.
An Alaska processing plant may be fined $177,500 by the U.S.
Illegal dumping
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Announced November 3rd, 2009, the Chilkoot Fish & Caviar plant has allegedly repeatedly violated its permit over the past four years and could face a penalty of $177,550, the maximum civil penalty allowed under the Clean Water Act.
“Fish processing waste, especially from shore-based facilities, can cause serious harm to the marine environment in the surrounding area,” said Edward Kowalski, EPA’s Director of Compliance and Enforcement in Seattle.
Fish wastes are the unused portions of the processed fish. Fish processing waste from the Chilkoot plant runs into Lutak Inlet. Lutak Inlet is a tributary of Lynn Canal.
Read the full release here.
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