Ketchikan Seafood Processor
Agrees to Pay $25,000 EPA Settlement
to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations
October 11, 2006
Wednesday
Ketchikan, Alaska - The United States Environmental Protection
Agency announced today that E.C. Phillips and Son, Inc., a seafood
processing facility located in Ketchikan, has agreed to pay a
$25,000 penalty to settle alleged water discharge permit violations
with the EPA.
EPA initiated its enforcement
action following the discovery that the company had violated
their National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit at its Ketchikan facility. E.C. Phillips and EPA signed
a Consent Agreement and Final Order which settles all the violations
and sets the monetary penalty.
"Protecting Alaska's waters
is a top priority for us," said Kim Ogle, EPA's NPDES Compliance
Unit Manager in Seattle. "We are pleased that we were able
to reach a settlement with E.C. Phillips and Sons, Inc. and expect
better permit compliance in the future."
The list of alleged violations
provided by the EPA are as follows:
- E.C. Phillips failed to treat
seafood processing waste and instead discharged the untreated
waste directly into Tongass Narrows and onto the adjacent shoreline;
- E.C. Phillips failed to ensure
that its effluent was one-half inch or less prior to discharge;
and
- E.C. Philips failed to develop
and implement an adequate Best Management Practices Plan.
Source of News:
EPA - Pacific Northwest Region
www.epa.gov
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