PSF, formerly Peter Pan Seafoods, pays $750K penalty for Clean Water Act violations in Valdez and King Cove, Alaska
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that PSF, Inc., formerly known as Peter Pan Seafoods, has paid a $750,000 penalty for violations of state and federal Clean Water Act permit requirements limiting the amount of waste that seafood processors can discharge to the marine environment.
PSF’s and Peter Pan Seafood Company LLC’s violations occurred at seafood processing facilities in Valdez and King Cove, Alaska. PSF and Peter Pan discharged seafood processing waste from the Valdez facility beyond the one-acre “zone of deposit” allowed by permit, creating a significantly larger seafood pile onto the seafloor. The Valdez Facility is now owned by Silver Bay Seafoods.
At the King Cove facility, PSF and Peter Pan discharged seafood processing waste from a broken outfall and at the incorrect depth, among other permit violations.
Alaska is the only state where zones of deposit are permitted at seafood processing facilities.
Silver Bay Seafoods has agreed to implement compliance measures at the Valdez facility and Peter Pan’s successor is obligated to conduct an audit to identify and correct and non-compliance at the King Cove facility. The companies’ compliance actions will reduce the environmental impact of their operations.
Details of the violations and the terms of the settlement can be found in the Consent Decree.
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