Article: EPA SETTLES WITH SNUG HARBOR FOR FINE, 'FISH & CHIPS' PLAN

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 office issued the following news release:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Snug Harbor Seafood, Inc. (Snug Harbor), an Alaskan seafood processor located in Kenai, Alaska, have agreed to settle Snug Harbor's past violations of its Clean Water Act NPDES permit. Under the terms of the settlement, Snug Harbor will pay $8,016 in penalties and an estimated $26,000 for an innovative pollution reduction project.

Snug Harbor, like most Alaskan seafood processors and unlike many seafood processors in the contiguous U.S., discharges seafood waste into nearby waterways. For Snug Harbor, those nearby waterways are the Kenai River and Cook ...

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