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### DATES OF OPERATION
Thisreport includes the standard annual report form provided bythe NPDES permitin the attachment section, however; most ofthe information provided in this report is attached as the following pages. In 2005, Seward Fisheries, Icicle Seafoods, Inc processed seafood duringthe halibutlsablefish Individual Fishing Quota, (IFQ), season and the salmon season. In 2005 the IFQ season opened fishing at noon on SundayFeb. 27 and closed fishing at noon on Nov 15th• That means there are 262 fishing days from which we could receiveraw product. Ourfirst delivery was on Feb 28th and ourlastdelivery was on Nov. 15th• Processingdates are shown in 

### Table 1 ofthis report. Forthe propose ofthis report a "process day" is defined as 

### anyday in which seafoodwas handled in such a way that any quantityof seafoodwaste couldbe discharged outtheNPDESorwaste couldentera water way. Weprocessed seafood on 218 days ofthe 262 fishing days, (83%), in accordance with NPDES permitNo. AK-G52-0488. Duringthe spring of2005 we installed a new meal plant air scrubber system and made someprogrammingupgrades to ourPLC operating system. This was our second yearof operation with ournew meal plant cooker/dryerequipment. As wehave learned more about ourequipments operation parameters, settings and maintenance we havebeen able to runthe plantmore efficiency and very close to the rated capacity. We operated the, meal plant duringthe salmon season on everydaythat we could collect enough waste to start the process in an efficient manner. 

### Table 2 shows 72 days ofoperation between June20th and Sept 8. There were two days in which wecollected raw materials but did not have enoughproductsto runthe meal plant. And there werethree days in which we werebrokedown, (July 4th, 5th & 6th). 

### IMPROVEMENTS
Priorto the start ofthe 2005 canning season a new waste waterpit and pump system was constructed in the Fish House portion ofthe Cannery. This project cost $95,000to complete. The additional system gives us the ability to divert the fish bin RSW water and tender waterto the main outfall tank. Tenderwater had been goingto themain tank for several years through ablue flex hose attached to the dewateringbox and running across the surfaceofthe cannery floor and into the main cannery pit. Themain pump and pit system were at capacity. This new system allows us to havethe flexibility to run this water directlyto the outfall tank or to the meal plant as need. Underthis renovated system onlyretort coolingwater and refrigeration condensatewaters discharge through therailroad dock line. Thesetwo waters nevercontact seafood. They are potablewaters supplied bythe City ofSeward.

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MONTH DAY feb 1 2 3
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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

totals possible days 2 SEWARD FISHERIES 2005 PROCESS DAYS 2005 Season opened at noon on Feb. 27th and ended on Nov. 15th at noon. Days with a "1" means that some form of processing occurred. Any day that cold storage. fish house orthe meal plant cuts or processes is a process day. Any day that back dock waste could be discharged is counted as a processing day. These are the days in which waste maybe discharged.

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SEWARD FISHERIES-MEAL PLANT 2005 PROCESS DAYS Days with an "1" means that the meal plant processed. A processing day is any day in which processing occurred between 7 am and 7am the next day. The shortest processing day lasted 4.5 hours and the longestwas 24 hours. Day Jun JuI Aug Sept 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 

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- SEWARD FISHERIES AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT % AMOUNT TO OF OF OF DISCHARGE MEAL PLANT FINISHED RAW TYPES 0 0 0 0 NO PRODUCTION 2,017 0 90% 19,051 21,068 BUT 57,739 0 88% 436,379 494,118 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 0, 164,195 83% 806,434 970,629 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 499,919: 78% 1,752,938 2,252,857 Or SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 1,605,460 72% 1,341,881 2,784,883 5,732,224 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 84% 3,444,578 5,880,222 11,897,921 21,222,721 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 87% 2,279,893 8,393,103 7,337,483 18,010,479 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG -330,299 153% 625,034 326,380 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 621,115 46,422 78% 164,180 0 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 210,602 4,882 82% 22,650 0 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 27,532 NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 0 

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### AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE
Themonthlypounds ofdischarge, found in Table 3, were calculated as stated in the permit: Raw pounds into theplantminus finished pounds outofthe plant. Raw pounds consist ofhalibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any otherbycatch delivered. In March, April, May, September, October and November, halibut and black cod make up the bulkofthe raw material. Pacific cod, rock fish and ling cod are not targeted species. They are onlyretained as by-catch. In May less then 20,000pounds ofsalmon was processed. Therest was mainlyblack cod and halibut. In June salmon makes up about 85% oftheraw fish weight. July and August salmon makes up about 98% ofthe total weight. No crab processing orherringroe processing occurred. Receiving forms ofthese products are primarily: round, dressed head offordressed head on. Finished forms oftheseproducts are: round, head & 

### gutted collaron orcollar off, collars, steak ready, and various forms offillets, bait, roe, canned products and meal loil. Theproducts were shipped fresh, frozen, canned or as a dry meal. The amount ofraw material brought into the plant was 49,563,345 lbs. Ofthis raw material 26,603,919Ibs became finished fresh, frozen orcannedpounds while another 15,184,620pounds went to themeal plant for rendering. The remaining 7,774,806 lbs was routed through the NPDES grinder system and discharged out the outfall in accordance with ourpermit. See Table 3 for amountsbymonth. While keeping quality in mind, maximizingrecoveries, thus reducing waste, is a primary goal ofour operation.

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### Location ofDischarge and Dive Survey

Seward Fisheries is located at the North end ofResurrection Bay. The plant is on the North shore within the small boat harbor. The outfall in which the seafood waste is discharge lies between the coal ship loading facility and the Seward Small Boat Harbor break wall. This break wall was moved into its current location during the fall / winter of 2004 & 

### 2005 as part ofa harbor expansion project. There wasregular communication between Seward Fisheries Plant Manger, Charles McEldowney, and the Seward Harbor Master, Scott Ransom, to ensure that the outfall pipe was not compromised. The Pipe is 10 to 15 feet to the East ofthe breakwall foot print. Thepiperuns south awayfrom the beach and terminates approximately 50' south and 50' west ofthe coal ship mooring buoy. Theterminal end ofthe pipe is 2378' seaward ofthe MLLW line. The seafood waste is ground to a less then 

### Yz inch size and discharged to a depth of-126' MLLW. Dischargehas occurred at this location since the pipe was lengthened in March of2002, priorto the start ofthat processing season. A dive surveyisnotrequired for discharge locations below 120'; therefore, a dive survey was not donein 2005. There was no discharge at sea program in 2005.

### Non-Compliances
Therewas onepotential non-compliance in 2005. This incident was reported to Katy McKemey ofADEC byphone at 4:45 pm on July 14, 2005. An email was sent as written record at 10:54 pm July 14, 2005. Chris Cora ofthe EPA was copied on that email. It 

### did not go through that night so itwas re-sent at 10: 17 am July 15, 2005. Both agencies sent emailsto confirm that they received my (Charles McEldowney), email. Theseemails explain the occurrence and are enclosed at the end ofthis report. A briefsummary: Themeal plant started up at 9:30 am onJuly 14th. At 12:30 pm we received areport that there was discolored waternearthe rail road outfall. As you can read in the email report the meal plant was quickly shutdown and the flow ofwaste water was stopped by 2:30 pm. It

### was found that aplug that closes offthe meal plant waste waterpit from the rail road pipehad become dislodged. Theplug was made secure and the plant started operation at 3:15. It

### was determined that the discharge ofmeal plant water to therail road dock did not occur for morethen 4 hours. Duringthis time the meal plant was in a startup phase and a shutdown phase therefore it was neverup to processingcapacity. Discharge waste water/ stick water volumes would therefore be minimal. There was no solid waste observed inthebay water or on the shoreline. Only a slight discoloration of water during the actual time ofdischarge occurred. There were no lasting visually effects nor werethere any odors detected. We increased monitoringon a non-formal basis for the next coupledays. I went to the area a couple times a day and the ChiefEngineer visited the area several times during that week. There wereno further incidences. Shoreline and Sea Surfacemonitoring continued as outlined for the Rail Road Dock outfall area.

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### 2006 NPDES Annual Report PermitNo. AKwG52-0488
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This report includes the standard annual report form provided bythe NPDES permit in the attachment section, however; most ofthe information provided in this reportis attached as the following pages. In 2006, Seward Fisheries, Icicle Seafoods, Inc processed seafood during the halibut/sablefish Individual Fishing Quota, (lFQ), season and the salmon season. The 2006 IFQ season opened at noon onMarch 5th and closed fishing atnoon onNov 15th• That meansthere are 256 fishing days from which we could receive rawproduct. Our first delivery was onMarch 6thand ourlast delivery was onNov. 16th•Forthe propose of this report a "process day" is defined as 

### any day in which seafoodwas handledin such a way that any quantityof seafoodwaste couldbe dischargedout theNPDESorwaste couldentera waterway. A total of215 processing days are shown in 

### Table 1ofthis report. We processed seafood on 215 days during between the dates ofMarch 6thand Nov. 20th. Icicle improved upon ourmeal plant operations for the 2006 seasonby installing a new Variable Speed soft start for the dryer. This eliminated the shut downs caused bythe non-consistent power supplied bythe city. The dryer can nowbe started up after a power surge or outage. This meant less down time and more raw material processing then in the previous two seasons. Having a better understanding ofthe machinery's operational parameters also allowed for more raw materials to go through the plant onan hourly basis. This reduced the amount ofraw material discharge. Due to the increased operational speed and the lower volumes offish in 2006 we very seldom had to discharge salmon waste. There was only one daythat the meal planthad enough waste to run straight through for 24 hours and into the next day. We operated the, meal plant during the salmon season on every daythat we could collect enough waste to start the process in anefficientmanner. During the peak month ofAugustthe plant ran for an average of 17.3 hours per day. 

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### Table 3, on page 6, were calculated as stated in the permit: Rawpounds into the plantminus finished pounds out ofthe plant. Raw pounds consist ofhalibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any other by-catchdelivered. In March, April, May, September, October andNovember, halibut and black cod make upthe bulk ofthe rawmaterial. Pacific cod, rock fish and ling cod are nottargeted species during most ofthe year. In late Sept throughNov 15 we did have a couple vessels whichtargeted Pacific cod but the catches were very limited. In May less then 24,000 pounds ofsalmon was processed. The rest was mainly black cod and halibut. In June salmon makes up about 67% ofthe raw fish weight. July and August salmon makes up about 95.3% ofthe total weight. No crab processing orherringroe processing occurred. Receiving forms ofthese products are primarily: round, dressed head offordressed head on. Finished forms ofthese products are: round, head & 

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### loil. The products were shipped fresh, frozen, canned or as a dry meal. The amount ofraw material brought into the plant was 30,771,003 lbs. Ofthis raw material 19,660,104 lbs became finished fresh, frozen orcannedpounds while another 8,074,463 pounds wentto the meal plant for rendering. The remaining 3,036,4361bs was routed through the NPDES grinder system and discharged outthe outfall in accordance with our permit. See Table 3 for amounts by month. Maximizingrecoveries, thus reducing waste, is a primary goal ofouroperation, whileproducing a quality product and providing employees with a safe work environment.



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# Table 3 2006 DISCHARGE SUMMARY BY MONTH ICICLE SEAFOODS

- SEWARD FISHERIES 

# I AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT OF OF TO OF 

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NO PRODUCTION 

### 0 0 0 NO PRODUCTION 

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### 461,830 399066 62,764 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 

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### 1,658,407 1,357,141 301,266 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 

### 3,215,433 1,896,680 419,400. 899,353 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 

### 7,766274 5,213,260 2,194,726. 358,288 .5AL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 

### 15,853,095 9,337,048 5388,726. 1,127,321 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 

### 595,470 436,544 71,611. 87,315 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK, LING 

### 386,218 321,567 64,651 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 

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### 2007 NPDES Annual Report Permit No. AK-G52-0488 Icicle Seafoods, Inc., Seward, Alaska DATES OF OPERATION This report includes the standard annual report form provided by the NPDES permit in the attachment section, however; most ofthe information provided in this report is attached as the following pages. In 2007, Seward Fisheries, Icicle Seafoods, Inc started processing seafood onFeb 27th. We receive two small deliveries ofpacific cod onthe 27th which were processed onthe 27th and the 28th. The pacific cod season closed on the 27th so no more fish could be purchased from that fishery. The 2007 IFQ Halibut/ Sablefish season opened at noon on March 10th and closed fishing at noon on Nov 15th• 

### We purchased and processedhalibut, sablefish, Pacific cod, incidental rockfish and incidental ling cod during that time. Nov 16th and Nov. 18th, which were afterthe closing date, were considered processing days due to a late delivery and a frozen case up on respective dates. All five species ofsalmon were processed during the summer, The first Salmon arrives in late May, The last salmonwas processed in mid September, TABLE 1 outlinesthe 221 processing days recorded in 2007, Our first raw material (fish) delivery, hence first process day was Feb 27th and our last process day was Nov, 18th, There were 266 days between those dates, 83% ofthose days were processing days. Forthe purpose ofthis report a "process day" is defined as: any day in which seafood was handled in such a way that any quantity of seafood waste could be discharged out the NPDES or waste could enter a water way.

Over the course ofthe last three years it hasbeen our goal to operate the meal plant for as many days as we have enough raw materials to run. The IFQ season is too sporadic so the meal plant can only run during the summer (salmon) months. We did a test run on May 24th, and again onJune 5th. Steadyproductionwas establishedby June 12th. From Aug 1to Aug15ththe meal plantwas broken down due to electric problems. TABLE 2 outlinesthe Meal Plant processing dates.

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### 2 17 POSSIBLE DAYS 2 31 SEWARD &..#RIES 2007 PROCESS DAYS 2007 IFQ Season opened 

### at noon on March 10that Noon and ended on Nov 15th at Noon. We processed Pacific cod on Feb 27th & 28th and then that season closed. We did do some monitoring logs between March 1st and March 10th. howeverwe did not discharge any process waste therefore the monitor logs were not mandatory during that period. Days with a "1" means that some form of processing occurred. Any day that cold storage, fish house or the meal plant cuts or processes is a process day. Any day that back dock waste could be discharged is counted as a processing day. These are the days in which waste maybe discharged. It includes days of frozen case up in which the glaze water was discharged although there are generally no solids associated with glaze water.

apr may jun jut aug sep oct nov 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 apr may Jun Jul aug sep oct nov 

### 25 29 28 31 31 

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### 1 16 30 18 1 8 30 31 31 17 TOTAL DAYS 65 OUT OF A POSSIBLE OF 117 55.6%

First part ofAug the Seepex was broken down. Once it was fixed we found the dryer motorand VDF starter issue. We did not operate the meal plant in Sept due to continued electrical problems with the dryer. The last day of Salmon was the 17th of Sept. Tenderfrom Larsen bay.
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### on page 6, were calculated as stated in the permit: Rawpounds into the plant minus finished pounds out ofthe plant. Waste that went to the meal plant or to the AT SEADISCHARGE program, (see page 7 for further details), are also accounted for in TABLE 3. Rawpounds consist ofhalibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any otherby-catch delivered. In June, July andAugust salmon makes up the bulk ofthe waste. No crab processing or herring roe processing occurred. Receiving forms ofthese products are primarily: round, dressed head offor dressed head on. Finished forms ofthese products are: round, head & 

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- collar on or collaroff, collars, and various forms offillets, cheeks, bait, roe, cannedproducts and meal/oil. The products were shipped fresh, frozen, canned or as a dry meal. The amount ofraw material brought into the plant was 43,878,4361bs. Ofthis rawmaterial 26,962,283 lbs became finished fresh, frozen or canned product while another 10,003,223 pounds went to the meal plant for rendering. 122,640 lbs was ground and discharged at sea. The remaining 6,790,290 lbs was routed through the NPDES grinder system and discharged out the outfall inaccordance with ourpermit. See Table 3 for amounts by month. While producing a quality product andproviding employees with a safe work environment, maximizingrecoveries, thus reducing waste, is a primary goal ofour operation. We strive to make as much ofthe rawmaterial into finished products as possible. This includes meal and oil production.

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## Table 3 2007 DISCHARGE SUMMARY BY MONTH ICICLE SEAFOODS

- SEWARD FISHERIES

TYPES AMOUNT OF RAW AMOUNT OF FINISHED AMOUNT TO MEAL PLANT AMOUNT DISCHARGE TO SEA AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 PAC COD 38,971 18,820 20,151 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 480,204 405,792 74,412 BUT,Bc,pe,ROCK 797,710 635,438 162,272 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 1,861,441 1,505,199 60,829 295,413 SAl,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,lING 3,884,765 2,230,721 796,472 857,572 SAl,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,lING 18,897,557 11,531,342 5,082,302 2,283,913 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LING 16,616,425 9,601,340 4,063,620 122,640 2,828,825

i SAL,BUT,aC,PC,ROCK,lING 972,749 766,095 206,654 aUT,BC,PC,ROCK,L1NG 203,473 157,228 46,245 aUT,BC,PC,ROCK,L1NG 125,141 110,308 14,833 NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 S 43,878,436 26,962,283 10,003,223 122,640 6,790,290 %

Jan Feb 46% Mar 65% April 60% May 84% 76% June 88%

July 82% Aug Sept 79% 77% Oct 88% Nov Dec TOTAL 84% amount left until reach 10 million limit 3,209,710 TYPES LEGEND Halibut ROCK -+ Rockfish BUT Black Cod (Sablefish) LI NG --+ Ling Cod BC Pacific Cod SAL.

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We lost 13 days ofproduction at the meal plant during the first two weeks onAugust. OnAugust 1st apump which transports waste through the meal process broke. It

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### or less, discharge water depths were greaterthen 120 feet and the vessel was moving at greater then 3knots. This program only lasted one day because the meal plant was operational the day after the at sea discharge program was activated.



### TABLE 4: Icicle Seafoods, Inc. Seward Fisheries. Inc.
2007 Discharge at Sea spread sheet

All discharge was conducted by the FN Bruin Baywhich was on charter by Icicle Seafoods. Inc. The discharge site was authorized by USEPA Region 10 under NPDES permit No. AK·G52·0488 and two amendments to the NOI dated April 29th. 2003 and July 16, 2003. EPA & ADEC was informed that Icicle Seafoods was going to activate the discharge at sea plan prior to the discharge. Emails were addressed to Lindsey Guzzo, Tara Martich and Katy McKerney and sent on SundayAug. 122007 at 2:19 pm. Reply emails of confirmation were received by Charles McEldowney on Monday Aug 13, 2007 at 11 :44 am and 2:41 pm from both agencies.

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Plant Manager u.s EPA REGION 10 OFFICE OF COMI'lIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT Icicle Seafoods, Inc. P.O. Box 79003 Seattle, W A 98119 (206)282-0988 Fax: 282-7222 Mike Clutter, Compliance Officer John Woodruff, V.P. Production 

### (Reportcontains 14 pages ofcontentplus 7 pages ofattachments) Dates ofOperation Table 1 Table 2 Amounts ofDischarge Table 3 Discharge at Sea Location ofOutfall Discharge and Dive Survey Improvements Sea Surface and Shoreline Monitoring Program Monitoring Report Summaries by Area Conditions: Section 1 Mixing Zone Area: Section 2 Beaches 

### &Docks Area: section 4 Endangered Species: Section 3 Particle Size Verification: Section 5 Rail Road Docks Equipment Monitoring Reports ofNon-Compliance Inspection
BMP Certification and Training Certification Statement Attachments: Annual report form, (2 pages) Examples ofMonitoringforms, (4 pages) May 10,2008 White Froth on Beach report, (1 

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## 2008 NPDES Annual Report Permit No. AK-G52-0488 Icicle Seafoods, Inc., Seward, Alaska DATES OF OPERATION This report includesthe standard annual report form providedbythe NPDES permit in the attachment section, however; most ofthe informationprovided in this report is attached as the following pages. The 2008 IFQ Halibut I Sablefish season opened at noon on March 8thhoweverthe bad weatherin the GulfofAlaskaprevented a majority ofthe vessels from fishing, (setting gear), until March 10th•

### We receive our first deliver onMarch lih. 

### We werereadyto operate on the 9th 

### and we starting

### doin~ shore line monitoring on the 9th 

### however for the sake ofthis report Iwill use March 1

### i as operational start date since it was the first day thatwehad any seafood waste discharge. The fishing season closed atnoon onNov 15th

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### The last day ofdischarge was Nov. 17th, and therefore our2008 dates ofoperation are from March 12 throughNov Ith. There were 251 days between those dates. 74% of those days were processing days. TABLE 1 outlines the 185 processing days recorded in 2008. For the purpose ofthis report a "process day" is defined as: any day in which seafood was handled in such a waythat any quantity ofseafood waste could be discharged outthe NPDES or waste couldenter a waterway. We purchased and processed halibut, sablefish, Pacific cod, incidental rockfish and ling cod during the long-line season. Salmon season fits within that same time frame. All five species ofsalmon were processed during the summer. The first Salmon arrived in late May. The last salmon was delivered on August 31. Since ourmajor meal plant upgrade in 2004, it has beenour goal to run as much raw material through ourmeal plant as possible considering all the challenges involved. The IFQ season is too sporadicto supply a steady stream ofraw material therefore we primarilyrun the plant on salmon waste during the summer months. We did operatethe meal plant for three days in April and offand on in May in 2008. This was priorto the salmon season in which we ran almost every day. TABLE 2 outlines the Meal Plant processing dates. There were 138 days between the April 27 and Sept 11 th 

### operational dates. The meal planthad some form ofprocessing for 98 ofthese days, 71.0%.



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### TABLE 1
SEWARD FISHERIES I ICICLE SEAFOODS. INC. 2008 PROCESS DAYS Season Opens March 8th at noon. First delivery I discharge March 12th Season Closed Nov. 15 at noon. Last discharge Nov. 17th
Days with a "1" means that some form ofprocessing occurred. Any day that cold storage, fish house or the meal plant cuts or processes is a process day. Any day that back dock waste could be discharged is counted as a processing day. These are the days in which waste maybe discharged. It includes days offrozen case up in which the glaze water was discharged although there are generally no solids associated with glaze water. MONTH

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 oct nov



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### 16 23 23 30 31 30 17 12 3 

# \.. POSSIBLE DAYS 20 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 17 251 

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185 TOTAL PROCESSING DAYS 

## = 74% OUT OF A POSSIBLE TOTAL 

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# TABLE 2 2008 PROCESS DAYS - MEAL PLANT SEWARD FISHERIES I ICICLE SEAFOODS. INC.
Days with an "1" means that the meal plant processed. A processing day is any day in which processing occurred between 7 am and 7am the next day. The shortest processing day lasted 1.0 hour and the longest was 20.25 hours. A day in which raw material was collected but nothing was ran through the cooker or dryerwould not count as a meal plant processing day. There were a few days in which only the oil polisher was operated. Those day count as processing days. Day April May Jun Jul**Au~** Sept



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### l' Total proceSSing days 3 11 

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### = 71.0% OUT OF A POSSIBLE OF 138 page 4

### AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE
The monthlypounds ofdischarge, found in TABLE 3, on page 6, were calculated as stated in the permit: Raw pounds into the plant minus finished pounds out ofthe plant. Waste that wentto the meal plant is also accounted for in TABLE 3. Raw pounds consist ofhalibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any other by-catch delivered. In June, July and August salmonmakes up the bulk ofthe waste. No crab processing or herringroe processing occurred. Receiving forms ofthese products are primarily: round, dressed head offordressedhead on. Finished forms ofthese products are: round, head & 

### gutted collaron orcollaroff, collars, and various forms offillets, cheeks, bait, roe, canned products and meal foiL The products produced in the mainplant were shipped fresh, frozen orcanned. The meal plant ships products as a dry meal in bulk bags and fish oil in bulk containers. The amount ofrawmaterial brought into the plant was 36,514,858 lbs. Ofthis raw material 24,100,948 lbs became finished fresh, frozen orcanned productwhile another 7,708581 pounds wentto the meal plant for rendering. There was no waste hauled to sea by a vessel for disposal in 2008. The remaining 4,705,329Ibswas routed through the NPDES grinder system and discharged out the outfall in accordance with ourpermit. See Table 3 for amounts by month. While producing a qualityproduct and providing employeeswith a safe work environment, maximizing recoveries, thus reducing waste, is a primary goal ofour operation. We strive to make as much ofthe raw material into finished products as possible. This includes meal and oil production.



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# Table 3 

# I 2008 DISCHARGE SUMMARY BY MONTH ICICLE SEAFOODS

- SEWARD FISHERIES

Jan Feb Mar ApriI May June

July Aug Sept

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amount left until reach 10 million limit 5,294,671 TYPES LEGEND BUT Halibut ROCK Rockfish BC Black Cod (Sablefish) LING Ling Cod PC Pacific Cod SAL. Salmon I AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT OF OF TO OF TYPES RAW FINISHED MEAL PLANT DISCHARGE

NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 0 NO PRODUCTION 

## a 0 0 0 BUT,BC,ROCK 529,806 461,501 0'1 68,305 BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 645,721 534,242 42,735 i 68,744 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 1,294,913 1,023,926 171,216 99,771 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 6,173,165 4,382345 751,561 1,039,259 SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 12,103,634 8,285,240 2,886,494 931,900 ISAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 15,098,630 8,899,479 3,825,844 2,373,307



### LS BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG BUT,BC,PC,ROCK BUT,BC,PC,ROCK NO PRODUCTION 497,395 419,683 30,731 140,681 69,656 0

30,913 24,876 0 0 0 0 

### 36,514,858 24,100,948 7,708,581 46,981 71,025

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### 4,705,329

There was no at Sea- Discharge ITender Vessel Transported Discharge in 2008


## Meal Plant Summary 

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Month

April May June July Aug Sept

## I Input Raw Lbs Output Lbs Meal Output LbsOil Meal Recovery Oil Recovery 42,735 0 5362.5 0.0% 12.5% I 171,216 23271 16500.0 13.6% 9.6% 751,561 69,820 16650.0 9.3% 2.2% 2,886,494 313,589 59,587.5 10.9% 2.1% 3,825,844 517,154 75,375.0 13.5% 2.0% 30,731 7,460 300.0 24.3% 1.0% TOTALS 7,708,581 173,775

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### There are two Vaughn H6U chopperpumps with 

### Yz" hole plates which all material have to pass through to get out ofthe out fall tank. All waste goes through the outfall tank during the bulk ofthe season. There are many pumps ahead ofthose pumps whichpump the material to the outfall tank. These outfall pumps heldup well this season. There is no mention ofany break downs in the log book. Apoweroutage shut the pumps down in early May andthere were somepoweroutages later in the yearthat the log does not mention however the pumps restartwhen the power is back on. All production, all water flow and all waste flow haveto be stopped when the citypowergoes down.
In the very early spring and in the late fall the outfall tank can freeze up therefore we rely onthe cold storage Vaughn V4Rpump with 

### Yz" hole plate to pump the waste from the processing areas directly outthe outfall line. During 2008, the log book shows that hooks and knives are the biggest problem in the cold storage drain system. Ifthey are found in the log that means that the ripple catch ormagnets caught them priorto being sucked up in the pump, which is good. The log shows thatthe pump hadto be pulled out ofthe pit three times during the season due to foreign objects locking it up, April 24th

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### August 10, and Sept 15th

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### The Backdockpit stays relatively clean offoreign material hence does not break down very often. Occasional banding and otherpackage material are cleared from the unit. The egg room pump had a sticky float switch for several seasons which would cause some inconvenience for the egg room staff. A new style ofswitch was installedthis year whichhas eliminated thatproblem. The new front dock pumps ran very well this year, theirfirst yearin operation. We did find that fish scales clog the trash strain screens often. They have to be cleaned out on a routine basis orthe system backs up. In addition tothe five pit/pump locations already mentioned there are five more pit/pumps that are checked on a daily basis during their operational period. After review ofthe log records there is nothing that needs further mention in this summary. 

### Reports ofNon-Compliance.
After a review ofthe year'srecords and a review ofPartVII ofthe permit, I conclude that there was no non-compliance during 2008. 

### Inspections
There were no agency inspections related to NPDES during the 2008 season. 

### BMP Certification and Training
A staffmeeting washeld on Feb 19,2008 to train the key staffabout the general NPDES permit requirements. 24 people were in attendance. This is a basic training to familiarize staffwere our waste goes, the importance ofkeeping foreign objects from going in the drains, what, how and when to report an event, water quality standards, requirements and systems. Ipoint out who is responsible for eachtype ofmonitoring and howthat monitoring is reviewed.
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