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ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 200S 

NPDES GENERAL PERMIT AK-G52-0000 FOR 

SEAFOOD PROCESSORS IN ALASKA 

TO BE SUBMITTED BY FEBRUARY 1st FOLLOWING EACH YEAR OFOPERATION 

(See Part VI.B. of the Permit) 

The annual report serves to inform the regulatory agencies of the use and potential degradation of public water resources 

by facilities discharging pollutants to receiving waters in Alaska under this permit. 

NPDES SEAFOOD ADEC Seafood 

GENERAL PERMIT NO. AK-GS2- Processor License No. 

Company Name S€W~I<U) F"5,,:r'lles. 

Owner/Operator rc.;tc-C,.I£ SEA #'.ods ,I,vt:! 

Address Po Box 8 Telephone (9a~) Zz..y 3~81 

City/State/Zip SCwAI2.D A-K 9'liP6 '/ FAX l ?0 =t) 2."2-'i . 3 Z 55 

Representative t:.HAiLIE5 111 eelcit:> wll.l£Y 

Owner or Managing Company :rC :I c.. u: 5£.4Foc::d S 1'::;:N C . 

Address PO i30x 11003 Telephone 20b ·2-8Z -(>788 

City/StatelZip $cA++lE WA 981/9 FAX 2o~ - Z82- 1'2.2.2-

Representative J"".hN WQodr<J ++ . Facility Name ::rUcL€ 5liAht:uls ::?:JJc'. 

Address 7='0 8~x ":f , 00 '?> Telephone (20') 282- 0 ?.8S 

City/State/Zip .5¢:A- +-J.L E' WA '1811'7' FAX (20b) 28 z-:;ZZ-7-

Vessel Name USCG Vessel Number 

SUMMARY OF PERIODS OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN JANUARY 1 

AND DECEMBER 31 AND THE REASONS FOR SUCH NONCOMPLIANCE (attach list if needed) 

S££ 11 T'iAc..h cD 

PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IF A MOBILE PROCESSOR OPERATES AND 

DISCHARGES WITHIN 3 MILES OF SHORE FOR ANY CONTINUOUS 24-HOUR PERIOD OR MORE 

Date(s) Name of Recetvina Water(s) Latitude/Lonqitude Depth 01 Dischame Location(s) 

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SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND DISCHARGE DATA I 

Dates of 

Operation 

Type and Amount of 

Raw Product in Ibs 

rAe), GLJ 

Type and Amount of 

Finished Product in Ibs 

Type and Amount 

of Discharge in Ibs 

Location -Water Body 

and Latitude/Longitude 

JAN Set; A7' ­

FEB 

MAR 

APR 

MAY 

JUN 

JUL 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

Total Days Ibs Ibs Ibs V{{{)!)!{{)!)!{{0 

REFUELING -- IF YOUR FACILITY OR VESSEL HAS REFUELING CAPABILITY, PLEASE ATTACH A 

LIST SHOWING DATES; TIME; TYPE OF PRODUCT; AMOUNT EACH VESSEL RECEIVED; WATER 

BODY AND LATITUDE/LONGITUDE LOCATION; IF BIRDS WERE IN THE VICINITY (YES/NO) , IF YES 

WHAT TYPE OF BIRDS; AMOUNT OF ANY FUEL SPILLED INTO THE WATER; AND IF SPILLED, WHAT 

WAS THE CLEANUP RESPONSE; WHEN REPORTED; ANY BIRDS AFFECTED (YES/NO) 

ATTACH NEW NOTICE OF INTENT TO BE COVERED (ESPECIALLY PROCESS CHANGES, 

PRODUCTION LEVELS, ADDITIONAL DISCHARGE LOCATION WITH LATITUDE/LONGITUDE) 

SUBMITTALS (attached) S€c A-HAc),€D. 

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New NOI (if changes, increases are planned) 

Reports of Noncompliance 

Sea Surface and Shoreline Monitoring (Part VI.D.) 

Seafloor Monitoring (Part VI.C.) 

Best Management Practices Plan Certification (Part VI.A.) 

SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATION 

I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or 

supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and 

evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or 

those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my 

knowledge and oelief. true. accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting 

false information, inciuding the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. 

Signature ~ 'J I " J#"':;(!' 

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This form to ~)e submitted '0 EPA Region 10. NPDES Compliance Unit, -::lW-133. ~200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 

,Jr FAX ;0 EPr... 206-,;53-~ '280 'lnd a copy to ADEC Attn: Air 3nd \'Jater Cluality Div.. 555 Cordova Street., Anchorage, AK 99501 
2005 

NPDES Annual Report 

Permit No. AK-G52-0488 

DATES OF OPERATION 

This report includes the standard annual report form provided by the NPDES permit in 

the attachment section, however; most of the information provided in this report is 

attached as the following pages. 

In 2005, Seward Fisheries, Icicle Seafoods, Inc processed seafood during the 

halibutlsablefish Individual Fishing Quota, (IFQ), season and the salmon season. In 2005 

the IFQ season opened fishing at noon on Sunday Feb. 27 and closed fishing at noon on 

Nov 15th • That means there are 262 fishing days from which we could receive raw 

product. Our first delivery was on Feb 28th and our last delivery was on Nov. 15th • 

Processing dates are shown in Table 1 of this report. For the propose of this report a 

"process day" is defined as any day in which seafood was handled in such a way that any 

quantity ofseafood waste could be discharged out the NPDES or waste could enter a 

water way. We processed seafood on 218 days of the 262 fishing days, (83%), in 

accordance with NPDES permit No. AK-G52-0488. 

During the spring of 2005 we installed a new meal plant air scrubber system and made 

some programming upgrades to our PLC operating system. This was our second year of 

operation with our new meal plant cooker /dryer equipment. As we have learned more 

about our equipments operation parameters, settings and maintenance we have been able 

to run the plant more efficiency and very close to the rated capacity. We operated the, 

meal plant during the salmon season on every day that we could collect enough waste to 

start the process in an efficient manner. Table 2 shows 72 days of operation between 

June 20th and Sept 8. There were two days in which we collected raw materials but did 

not have enough products to run the meal plant. And there were three days in which we 

were broke down, (July 4th, 5th & 6th). 

IMPROVEMENTS 

Prior to the start of the 2005 canning season a new waste water pit and pump system was 

constructed in the Fish House portion ofthe Cannery. This project cost $95,000 to 

complete. The additional system gives us the ability to divert the fish bin RSW water and 

tender water to the main outfall tank. Tender water had been going to the main tank for 

several years through a blue flex hose attached to the dewatering box and running across 

the surface of the cannery floor and into the main cannery pit. The main pump and pit 

system were at capacity. This new system allows us to have the flexibility to run this 

water directly to the outfall tank or to the meal plant as need. Under this renovated 

system only retort cooling water and refrigeration condensate waters discharge through 

the railroad dock line. These two waters never contact seafood. They are potable waters 

supplied by the City of Seward. 

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TABLE 1 


MONTH 

DAY feb 

1 


2 


3 


5 


6 


7 


8 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


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 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. 

mar apr may jun jul aug sap oct nov 

41 ' 

9. 

17, 

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 1 1 1 1 1 

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

". 1 1 1 1 

mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov 

20 26 30 30 31 31 24 22 3 

31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 15 

TOTAL DAYS 218 

OUT OF A POSSIBLE TOTAL 262 83% 

first day of canning was June 19th 

last day of Regular canning was Aug 20 then re-canned on Aug 21 st. 

last day of tender pumping and fish house operation was Sept 2nd 

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TABLE 2 


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 longest was 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 

23:! 

24 

25 


26 


27 


28 


29 


30 


31 


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 

I 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 

totals 9 28 31 4 

TOTAL DAYS 72 

Started collecting waste on June 18th 

First day of cooker I dryer operations was June 20 

Sept 8th we ran frozen pinks that were thawed out. 

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Table 3 2005 

DISCHARGE SUMMARY BY MONTH 

ICICLE SEAFOODS - SEWARD FISHERIES 

AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT %

OF OF TO OF

TYPES RAW FINISHED MEAL PLANT DISCHARGE

NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 0

BUT 21,068 19,051 0 2,017 90%

BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 494,118 436,379 0 57,739 88%

BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 970,629 806,434 0, 164,195 83%

SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 2,252,857 1,752,938 Or 499,919: 78%

SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 5,732,224 2,784,883 1,341,881 1,605,460 72%

SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 21,222,721 11,897,921 5,880,222 3,444,578 84%

SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 18,010,479 8,393,103 7,337,483 2,279,893 87%

BUT,BC,PC,ROCK,LlNG 621,115 326,380 625,034 -330,299 153%

BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 210,602 164,180 0 46,422 78%

BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 27,532 22,650 0 4,882 82%

NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 0 

LS 49,563,345 26,603,919 15,184,620 7,774,806 84%

Jan 

Feb 

Mar 

April 

May 

June 

July 

Aug 

Sept 

Oct 

Nov 

Dec 

TOTA 

amount left until reach 10 million limit 2,225,194 

TYPES LEGEND 

BUT Halibut ROCK Rockfish 

BC Black Cod (Sablefish) LING Ling Cod 

PC Pacific Cod SAL. Salmon 

The neg. no. in Sept. is due to 28,000 Ibs of frozen Reds purchased in Aug but shipped in Sept, plus 

over 600,000 Ibs of waste at Meal plant in Sept from Aug purchases. Also note pinks shipped in Sept 

where accounted for in Aug DMR 

2005 


Meal Plant Summary by Month 


Month 


June 


July 


Aug 


Sept 


I Input Output Output Meal Oil 

Raw Lbs Lbs Meal Lbs Oil Recovery Recovery 

1,341,881 98,515 14,325 7.3% 1.1% 

5,880,222. 720,437 41,363 12.3% 0.7% 

7,337,483 1,079,514 39,225 14.7% 0.5% 

625,034 118,656 675 19.0% 0.1%

TOTALS 15,184,620 2,017,122 95.5881'--__--.:...13.;;.;..;:,.3°:..,;.;-'°.1-1___----:.0:..:.,.6:..,:0/,..::.J01 

Totalout0:!! Total Recovery 

Meal & Oil combined 2.112,710 13.9% 

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A new concrete pad with a drain system was also installed at the north end of our roe 

production facility. This directs incidental ikura waste material into our NPDES outfall 

system and away from dirt parking areas. This was completed prior to the 2005 salmon 

season at a cost of $20,000. 

AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE 

The monthly pounds of discharge, found in Table 3, were calculated as stated in the 

permit: Raw pounds into the plant minus finished pounds out of the plant. Raw pounds 

consist of halibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any other bycatch delivered. In March, April, May, September, October and November, halibut and 

black cod make up the bulk ofthe raw material. Pacific cod, rock fish and ling cod are 

not targeted species. They are only retained as by-catch. In May less then 20,000 pounds 

of salmon was processed. The rest was mainly black cod and halibut. In June salmon 

makes up about 85% of the raw fish weight. July and August salmon makes up about 

98% of the total weight. No crab processing or herring roe processing occurred. 

Receiving forms of these products are primarily: round, dressed head off or dressed head 

on. Finished forms of these products are: round, head & gutted collar on or collar off, 

collars, steak ready, and various forms of fillets, bait, roe, canned products and meal loil. 

The products were shipped fresh, frozen, canned or as a dry meal. The amount of raw 

material brought into the plant was 49,563,345 lbs. Of this raw material 26,603,919Ibs 

became finished fresh, frozen or canned pounds while another 15,184,620 pounds went to 

the meal plant for rendering. The remaining 7,774,806 lbs was routed through the 

NPDES grinder system and discharged out the outfall in accordance with our permit. See 

Table 3 for amounts by month. While keeping quality in mind, maximizing recoveries, 

thus reducing waste, is a primary goal of our operation. 

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Location of Discharge and Dive Survey 

Seward Fisheries is located at the North end of Resurrection 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 of a harbor expansion project. There was regular 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 of the break wall foot print. The pipe runs south away from the 

beach and terminates approximately 50' south and 50' west of the coal ship mooring 

buoy. The terminal end of the 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' MLL W. 

Discharge has occurred at this location since the pipe was lengthened in March of2002, 

prior to the start ofthat processing season. A dive survey is not required for discharge 

locations below 120'; therefore, a dive survey was not done in 2005. There was no 

discharge at sea program in 2005. 

Non-Compliances 

There was one potential non-compliance in 2005. This incident was reported to Katy 

McKemey ofADEC by phone at 4:45 pm on July 14, 2005. An email was sent as written 

record at 10:54 pm July 14, 2005. Chris Cora of the EPA was copied on that email. It 

did not go through that night so it was re-sent at 10: 17 am July 15, 2005. Both agencies 

sent emails to confirm that they received my (Charles McEldowney), email. These emails 

explain the occurrence and are enclosed at the end ofthis report. 

A brief summary: 

The meal plant started up at 9:30 am on July 14th. At 12:30 pm we received a report that 

there was discolored water near the rail road outfall. As you can read in the email report 

the meal plant was quickly shut down and the flow ofwaste water was stopped by 2:30 

pm. It was found that a plug that closes off the meal plant waste water pit from the rail 

road pipe had become dislodged. The plug was made secure and the plant started 

operation at 3:15. It was determined that the discharge of meal plant water to the rail 

road dock did not occur for more then 4 hours. During this time the meal plant was in a 

start up phase and a shut down phase therefore it was never up to processing capacity. 

Discharge waste water / stick water volumes would therefore be minimal. There was no 

solid waste observed in the bay water or on the shoreline. Only a slight discoloration of 

water during the actual time ofdischarge occurred. There were no lasting visually effects 

nor were there any odors detected. We increased monitoring on a non-formal basis for 

the next couple days. I went to the area a couple times a day and the Chief Engineer 

visited the area several times during that week. There were no further incidences. 

Shoreline and Sea Surface monitoring continued as outlined for the Rail Road Dock 

outfall area. 

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• ... - ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2006 


NPDES GENERAL PERMIT AK-GS2-0000FOR 


SEAFOOD PROCESSORS IN ALASKA 


TO BE SUBMITTED BY FEBRUARY 1 st FOLLOWING EACH YEAR OF OPERATION 

(See Part VI.B. of the Permit) 

The annual report serves to inform the regulatory agencies of the use and potential degradation of publio water resources 

bv facilities discharging pollutants to receiving waters in Alaska under this permit. 

NPDES SEAFOOD ADEC Seafood 

GENERAL PERMIT NO. AK-G52- 0 '1 eB Processor License No. AI<'fB

Company Name SeW,", R.D ;:;'5 h.-R,;" $ 

Owner/Operator rC.,; c:. L.t!' StrA-F'Oo&t;, :IIJC 

Address Po SoX S Telephone (9"., ) 2Z:{· 8':;SI 

City/StatelZip !5EWAR.D AI<. ~9'" '{ FAX (901) 22.'( 3~8S 

Representative e.~AA.le-~ Ik C~/dow/Jer 

Owner or Managing Company re z; ct.£' SEAFllocis IAlc. 

! Address ? () 811"1<" 1-'1003 Telephone ( 20") 'zsz- 0'188 

City/StatelZip 5EA.,.." Ie \ WA. 98119 FAX (Zo') Z8Z- 1ZZz,. 

Representative :r"hAJ Woodruff 

Facility Name SEWAIZ.O t:,,;; h€12.1 &- 'SI 

Address ?a 7:Jez B ( ,oi ~R.+ Av,.) Telephone ('Ie ':1) z. ¥ 3381 

II City/StatelZlp Stt!:"wfl,ILO At: 91,6'1 FAX (9o;;r.) zz'f .31.85 

Vessel Name USCG Vessel Number 

SUMMARY OF PERIODS OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN JANUARV 1 

AND DECEMBER 31 AND THE REASONS FOR SUCH NONCOMPLIANCE (attach list If needed) 

SEe A iTA cl-l tFD r 

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PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IF A MOBILE PROCESSOR OPERATES AND 


DISCHARGES WITHIN 3 MILES OF SHORE FOR ANY CONTINUOUS 24-HOUR PERIOD OR MORE 


Date(s) Name of Receiving Water(s) Latltude/Lonqitude Depth of Discharqe Locatlon(s) 

This form Is prolllded under the State of Alaska Certification of NPDES Permit No, AK·G52·0000. Page 1 of 2 
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This form to be submitted to EPA R 

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Unit, OW-133, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 


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SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND DISCHARGE DATA 

Dates of Type and Amount of Type and Amount of Type and Amount Location -Water Bod 

Operation Raw Product in Ibs Finished Product in Ibs of Discharge in Ibs and Latitude/Longitud 

I 

JAN SE'E .4 T+AcHG"D IA8/...e ..3 

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MAY . JUN 

JUL 

AUG 

SEP 

OCT 

NOV 

DEC 

Total Days Ibs Ibs Ibs '{{{{{{{{{{{{{ 

REFUELING -- IF YOUR FACILITY OR VESSEL HAS REFUELING CAPABILITY, PLEASE ATTACH A 

L.IST SHOWING DATES; TIME; TYPE OF PRODUCT; AMOUNT EACH VESSEL RECEIVED; WATER, 

BODY AND LATITUDE/LONGITUDE LOCATION; IF BIRDS WERE IN THE VICINITY (YES/NO) .IF YES 

WHAT TYPE OF BIRDS; AMOUNT OF ANY FUEL SPILLED INTO THE WATER; AND IF SPILLED, WHAT 

WAS THE CLEANUP RESPONSE; WHEN REPORTED; ANY BIRDS AFFECTED (YES/NO) 

ATTACH NEW NOTICE OF INTENT TO BE COVERED (ESPECIALLY PROCESS CHANGES, 

PRODUCTION LEVELS, ADDITIONAL DISCHARGE LOCATION WITH LATITUDE/LONGITUDE) , 

SUBMITTALS (attached) SEc! .4~"'ACH ED. 

New NOI (If changes, Increases are planned) 

Reports of Noncompliance 

Sea Surface and Shoreline Monitoring (Part VI.D.) 

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Seafloor Monitoring (Part VI.C.) 

Best Management Practices Plan Certification (Part VI.A.) I 

SIGNATURE AND CERTIFICATION 

I certify undpr penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or 

supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and 

. evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system or 

, those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my 

knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting 

false information, including the !=Iossibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. 

SIgnature 

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Date J / 10/ 0 ~ 

ion 10'NP;~~rritJJ or FAX to EPA 206-553-1280 and DEC'llW at., Q"lIty '7;;"'(i'1V8 St,eet. AnCho..... AK 9.501 
2006 

NPDES Annual Report 

Pennit No. AK-G52-0488 

Seward Fisheries Icicle Seafoods, Inc. 

P.O. Box 8 P.O. Box 79003 

Seward, AK 99664 Seattle, W A 98119 

(907) 224-3381 (206) 282-0988 

Fax: 224-3285 Fax: 282-7222 

Contact: Charles McEldowney John Woodruff 

Plant Manager V.P. Production 

Table of Contents 

(Report contains 13 pages plus attachments) 

Dates of Operation 

Table 1 

Table 2 

Amounts of Discharge 

Table 3 

Location of Discharge and Dive Survey 

Sea Surface and Shoreline Monitoring Program 

Monitoring Report Summaries by Area 

Mixing Zone Area 

Beaches & Docks Area 

Rail Road Docks 

Endangered Species Log 

Particulate Size Verification 

Equipment Monitoring 

Conclusion 

Inspection 

BMP Certification and Training 

Certification Statement 

Attachments 

Annual report fonn 

\....- Examples of monitoring fonns 

page 2 

page 3 

page 4 

page 5 

page 6 

page 7 

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2006 

NPDES Annual Report 

Permit No. AKwG52-0488 

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 of the information provided in this report is 

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 on March 5th and closed fishing at noon on Nov 15th • 

That means there are 256 fishing days from which we could receive raw product. Our 

first delivery was on March 6th and our last delivery was on Nov. 16th • For the propose of 

this report a "process day" is defined as any day in which seafood was handled in such a 

way that any quantity ofseafood waste could be discharged out the NPDES or waste 

could enter a water way. A total of 215 processing days are shown in Table 1 of this 

report. We processed seafood on 215 days during between the dates of March 6th and 

Nov. 20th. 

Icicle improved upon our meal plant operations for the 2006 season by installing a new 

Variable Speed soft start for the dryer. This eliminated the shut downs caused by the 

non-consistent power supplied by the city. The dryer can now be 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 on an hourly 

basis. This reduced the amount of raw material discharge. Due to the increased 

operational speed and the lower volumes of fish in 2006 we very seldom had to discharge 

salmon waste. There was only one day that the meal plant had 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 day that we could collect enough waste to start the process in 

an efficient manner. During the peak month of August the plant ran for an average of 

17.3 hours per day. Table 2 shows 68 days of operation between June 6th and Sept 10. 

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TABLE 1 

MONTH 

DAY feb 

~ 

SEWARD FISHERIES 


2006 PROCESS DAYS 


2006 IFQ Season opened at noon on March 5th at Noon 

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 or the meal plant cuts or 


processes is a process day. Any day thai back dock 


waste could be discharged is counted as a processing day. 


These are the days in which waste maybe discharged. 


II includes days of frozen case up in which Ihe glaze water was discharged 


although there are generally no solids associated with glaze water. 


mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov 

1 ~':.~( 

2 L;: 

·~iJ!1!l:.~1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

r;iJ~l~~';~,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

3 pit 1 1 1 1 1 1 

4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

6 g~~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

7 I'e) 1 1 1 1 1 1 

8 ',r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

9 ' ',~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

10 r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

11 1 1 1 1 1 1 

12 1 1 1 1 

13 !', 1 1 1 1 1 

14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

15 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

17 "\ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

18 ~f;: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

19 " i'~ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

20 ",. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

21 ~r\, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

22 i.i;;: 1 1 1 1 1 1 

23 r; 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

26 1 1 1 1 1 1 

27 1 1 1 1 1 1 

28 ·1r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

29 er' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

30 ~'" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

31 {"f 1 m~.~·;.~~il 1 11$:;;+][112 1 1 I;t·iy~·i 1 

mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov 

totals 0 16 23 27 30 31 31 23 22 12 

fishing days 27 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 15 

TOTAL DAYS 215 

IFQ FISHING DAYS 256 

3 
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TABLE 2 

SEWARD FISHERIES·MEAL PLANT 

2006 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 3.0 hours and the longest was 24 hours. 


A day in which raw material was collected but nothing was ran 


through the cooker or dryer would not count as a meal plant processing day. 


It would be counted as a processing day at the main plant 


where the waste was generated. 


Day 

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 

Jun Jul Aug Sept 

1 1 

1 1 

1 1 

1 1 

I 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 I.~~} ~;.F'i~;iif 1 

totals 8 28 31 1 

TOTAL DAYS 68 

Started collecting waste on June 4th 

First day of cooker I dryer operations was June 6 

Aug 31 was our last day of the main salmon season. We received the 

late season tenders from Larsen Bay on the 8th and 10th 

of Sept. We collected the waste on the 8th and combined 

it with the waste from the 10th. 

4 
AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE 


The monthly pounds of discharge, 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. Raw 

pounds consist of halibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any other 

by-catch delivered. In March, April, May, September, October and November, halibut 

and black cod make up the bulk of the raw material. Pacific cod, rock fish and ling cod 

are not targeted species during most of the year. In late Sept through Nov 15 we did have 

a couple vessels which targeted Pacific cod but the catches were very limited. In May 

less then 24,000 pounds of salmon was processed. The rest was mainly black cod and 

halibut. In June salmon makes up about 67% of the raw fish weight. July and August 

salmon makes up about 95.3% of the total weight. No crab processing or herring roe 

processing occurred. Receiving forms ofthese products are primarily: round, dressed 

head off or dressed head on. Finished forms of these products are: round, head & gutted 

- collar on or collar off, collars, and various forms of fillets, bait, roe, canned products 

and meal loil. The products were shipped fresh, frozen, canned or as a dry meal. The 

amount of raw material brought into the plant was 30,771,003 lbs. Of this raw material 

19,660,104 lbs became finished fresh, frozen or canned pounds while another 8,074,463 

pounds went to the meal plant for rendering. The remaining 3,036,4361bs was routed 

through the NPDES grinder system and discharged out the outfall in accordance with our 

permit. See Table 3 for amounts by month. Maximizing recoveries, thus reducing waste, 

is a primary goal of our operation, while producing a quality product and providing 

employees with a safe work environment. 

5 

Table 3 2006 

DISCHARGE SUMMARY BY MONTH 

ICICLE SEAFOODS - SEWARD FISHERIES 

I AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT 

OF OF TO OF 

TYPES RAW FINISHED MEAL PLANT DISCHARGE 

NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 

NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 

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

BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 737,527 615,870 121,657 

SAL,BUT,BC,PC,ROCK 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 96749 82,928 13,821 

NO PRODUCTION 0 0 0 

LS 30,771,003 19,660,104 8,074,463 3,036,436 

Jan 


Feb 


Mar 


ApriI 


M~ 

June 

July 

Aug 

~~ 

Oct 

Nov 

Dec 

TOTA 

% 

86% 

84% 

~% 

72% 

95% 

93% 

~ 

~% 

86% 

90% 

amount left until reach 10 million limit 6.963.564 

TYPES LEGEND 

BUT Halibut ROCK Rockfish 

BC Black Cod (Sablefish) LING Ling Cod 

PC Pacific Cod SAL. Salmon 

2006 


Meal Plant Summary by Month 


, 

I 

I 

Input 

Raw Lbs I Output 

Lbs Meal 

Output 

LbsOil 

Meal 

Recovery 

Oil 

Recovery 

419,400· 20.233 4,193 4.8% 1.0% 

2,194,726 276.971 62,355 12.6% 2.8% 

5,388.726 739,094 121.178 13.7% 2.2% 

71,611 8,174 825 11.4% 1.2% 

Month 

June.' 

July 

Aug 

Sept 

TOTALS 8,074,463 1,044,472 188.5511,-___...;.;12;;.;.,.9;..,.:.%..:....J01'--___2;;,...3;;...;,%..:....J0I 

Totaloutput Total Recovery 

Meal & Oil combined 1,233,023 15.3% 

6 

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- ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2001 

NPDES GENERAL PERMIT AK-G52-0000 FOR 

SEAFOOD PROCESSORS IN ALASKA 

TO BE SUBMITTED BY FEBRUARY 1 st FOLLOWING EACH YEAR OF OPERATION 

(See Part V1.8. of the Permit) 

The annual report serves to inform the regulatory agencies of the use and potential degradation of public water resources 

bv facilities discharqing pollutants to receiving waters in Alaska under this permit. 

NPDES SEAFOOD ADEC Seafood 

GENERAL PERMIT NO. AK-GS2- 0 'fSB Processor License No. AK. V8

Company Name ::5G"vJA.z.O 'PIShEf2. ; c;: S 

Owner/Operator r C :I C LIE: 5€-,.,A fi:.c:cI:5' :rIJC 

Address Po Box 8 Telephone 907" ..:. 2Z '1- 3381 

City/State/Zip ScWA,2.0 AIL 996b rf FAX 907 - 22- <-/- 3Z85 

Representative {'. h Pdllt' ':'> t1A. Cfi f claw tV t:'( 

Owner or Managing Company :::r: e.. 't: c L€ :5eAFoodS .J:;..;C 

Address 'p C i3c7X ·i?co 3 Telephone Zo(;,­ 282 .. 0988 

City/StatelZip S€4-rT Lc l.t ~ H f8//9 FAX 20~- Z8Z ­ =fZz.-z 

Representative":\f\ IA J\' L..~" r.~ If2. u ff -"/"a .1.\;' ke. e/v +-+-€~ 

Facility Name "'50 ,'At2 0 h:.shEOZ; E"'S 

Address Po B&x:: B Telephone 901­ - 22 Y 338/ 

City/State/Zip $€wAlZO A~ '17,,6 (/ FAX 9() 7' - ;2-ZY 3285 

Vessel Name USCG Vessel Number 

J SUMMARY OF PERIODS OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANY REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN JANUAR 1 

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TnlS form IS provIded under 1he Stale 01 AlaSka Certification of NPDES Permit No. AK-GS2·0000. Page 1 of 2 
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SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION AND DISCHARGE DATA 

Dates of Type and Amount of Type and Amount of Type and Amount Location -Water Body 

Operation Raw Product in Ibs Finished Product in Ibs of Discharge in Ibs and Latitude/Longitude 

JAN .<;~F E/:f--JA r-;I!FO /i:lJ3/€ 3 

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or FAX to EPA 206-553·1280 and a coPY to ADEe Attn: Air and Water Ouality Oiv.. 555 Cordova Street., ,.l,ncnorage, ':'K 99501 

2007 

NPDES Annual Report 

Permit No. AK-GS2-0488 

Seward Fisheries Icicle Seafoods, Inc. 

P.O. Box 8 P.O. Box 79003 

Seward, AK 99664 Seattle, W A 98119 

(907) 224-3381 (206) 282-0988 

Fax: 224-3285 Fax: 282-7222

Charles McEldowney JAN 30 200J Mike Clutter 

Plant Manager Compliance Officer 

u.s. EPAIIEGION 10 • ..,.... John Woodruff 

Of .._I-CE AND EIIFORCf-.. • . OffiCE -~ V.P. Production 

(Report contains 14 pages of content plus 11 pages of attachments) 

Dates of Operation page 2 

Table 1 page 3 

~~2 ~~4 

Amounts of Discharge page 5 

Table 3 page 6 

Discharge at Sea page 7 

Table 4 page 7 

Location of Outfall Discharge and Dive Survey page 8 

Improvements page 8 

~ Sea Surface and Shoreline Monitoring Program page 8 

Monitoring Report Summaries by Area page 9 

Mixing Zone Area page 10 

Beaches & Docks Area page 10 

Rail Road Docks page 11 

Endangered Species Log page 11 

Particle Size Verification page 11 

Equipment Monitoring page 12 

Reports of Potential Non-Compliance page 12 

Inspection page 13 

BMP Certification and Training Page 13 

Certification Statement page 14 

~ Attachments: 

Annual report form, monitoring forms. Aug 13th email, Aug 17th letter. Flow charts 

1 
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 on Feb 27th. 

We receive two small deliveries of pacific cod on the 27th which were processed on the 

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 processed halibut, 

sablefish, Pacific cod, incidental rockfish and incidental ling cod during that time. Nov 

16th and Nov. 18th, which were after the closing date, were considered processing days 

due to a late delivery and a frozen case up on respective dates. All five species of salmon 

were processed during the summer, The first Salmon arrives in late May, The last 

salmon was processed in mid September, TABLE 1 outlines the 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. For the purpose of this 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 has been 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 on June 5th. Steady production was established by June 12th. From 

Aug 1 to Aug15th the meal plant was broken down due to electric problems. TABLE 2 

outlines the Meal Plant processing dates. 

2 

TABLE \. J 

. ~ 

MONTH 

DAY feb mar 

1 

2 1 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 .:. 8 . 9 

10 

11 

12 

13 1 

14 1 

15 

16 1 

17 

18. 

19 1 1 

20 1 1 

21 1 

22 1 

23 1 

24 1 

25 1 

26 1 

27 1 1 

28 1 1 

29 1 1 

30 1 

31 1 

feb mar 

totals 2 17 

POSSIBLE DAYS 2 31 

SEWARD &..#RIES 

2007 PROCESS DAYS 

2007 IFQ Season opened at noon on March 10th at 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. 

however we 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 28 17 13 

30 31 30 31 31 30 31 19 

TOTAL PROCESSING DAYS 221 

OUT OF A POSSIBLE TOTAL 266 83.1% 

3 
~ABLE 2. 


SEWARD FISHERIES-MEAL PLANT 

2007 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 4.0 hours and the longest was 24 hours. 


A day in which raw material was collected but nothing was ran 


through the cooker or dryer would not count as a meal plant processing day. 


Day 

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 

totals 

Possible days 

It would be counted as a processing day at the main plant 

where the waste was generated. 

May Jun JuI Aug Seplt 

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 

I 

I' 

"., . 

Sept 4th we cleaned out 

the dryer. Did not cook raw 

material in Sept. 

1 16 30 18 1 

8 30 31 31 17 

TOTAL DAYS 65 

OUT OF A POSSIBLE OF 117 55.6% 

First part of Aug the Seepex was broken down. 


Once it was fixed we found the dryer motor and 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. Tender from Larsen bay. 


4 
AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE 

The monthly pounds of discharge, found in :rABLE 3, on page 6, were calculated as 

stated in the permit: Raw pounds into the plant minus finished pounds out of the plant. 

Waste that went to the meal plant or to the AT SEA DISCHARGE program, (see page 7 

for further details), are also accounted for in TABLE 3. Raw pounds consist of halibut, 

sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any other by-catch delivered. In 

June, July and August salmon makes up the bulk of the waste. No crab processing or 

herring roe processing occurred. 

Receiving forms of these products are primarily: round, dressed head off or dressed head 

on. Finished forms of these products are: round, head & gutted - collar on or collar off, 

collars, and various forms of fillets, cheeks, bait, roe, canned products and meal/oil. The 

products were shipped fresh, frozen, canned or as a dry meal. The amount of raw material 

brought into the plant was 43,878,4361bs. Of this raw material 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 in accordance with our permit. See Table 3 for amounts by month. While 

producing a quality product and providing employees with a safe work environment, 

maximizing recoveries, thus reducing waste, is a primary goal of our operation. We 

strive to make as much of the raw material into finished products as possible. This 

includes meal and oil production. 

5 

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% 

June 76%

July 88%

Aug 82%

Sept 79% 

Oct 77%

Nov 88%

Dec 

TOTAL 84% 

amount left until reach 10 million limit 3,209,710 

TYPES LEGEND 

BUT Halibut ROCK -+ Rockfish

BC Black Cod (Sablefish) LI NG --+ Ling Cod 

PC Pacific Cod SAL. .......... Salmon


Meal Plant Summary by Month 

Month 

May 

1 

I 

I 

Input 

Raw Lbs 

60,829 

Ii 

Output 

Lbs Meal 

7,847 

June 

July 

Aug 

I 

I 

I 

796,472 

5,082,302 

4,063,620 

I: 65,238 

619,664 

592,399 

TOTALS 10,003,223 1,285,148 

Output 

Lbs Oil 

937.5 

16,275.0 

115,312,5 

62,325.0 

194,850 

Meal 

Recovery 

12.9% 

8.2% 

12.2% 

14.6% 

I Oil 

Recovery 

1,5% 

2.0% 

2.3% 

1.5% 

I 

1-1__ 

Total output Total Recovery 

1_2._8,.;..%.......---'-_________1_._9°_Vo_.....J 


Meal & Oil combined 1,479,998 14.8% 

6 

Discharge at Sea 

We lost 13 days of production at the meal plant during the first two weeks on August. 

On August 1 st a pump which transports waste through the meal process broke. It took 

until the 4th to get the new gear box shipped to us. We ran for 19.75 hours on the 5th 

then ran into a second problem. This was related to the dryer's VFD starter and electric 

motor. It took a couple days to trouble shoot, establish a plan of repair, track down the 

parts and receive the parts. While the engineering staff worked diligently on the repairs, 

the administrative staff monitored the discharge out the outfall line on a heighten 

awareness level and set into motion a plan to grind seafood waste and charter a vessel to 

haul it to a pre approved at sea discharge location. Enclosed in this document is the Aug 

12,2007 email in which DEC and EPA were notified of our intention to re-activate our 

discharge at sea program. Also included is the DEC email acknowledging receipt of our 

email. 

On August 14th the FN Bruin Bay made two trips and discharged a total of 122,640 lbs 

on ground waste. Table 4 contains the date, time, location and amount of discharge. The 

vessel's log pages also noted that the waste was ground to 1/2 or less, discharge water 

depths were greater then 120 feet and the vessel was moving at greater then 3 knots. 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 Bay which 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 Sunday Aug. 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. 


Two sites where approved. Only the Resurrection Bay site was used. 

The following information has been transferred from the Vessel's Daily discharge log. 

Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude 

TIME TIME START STOP I STOP I pounds I START I : 60 deg. i 149 deg. I I DATE START STOP N 149 deg. W 60 deg. N W discharged 

I 8/14 I 18:10 19:12 04.79' 23.87' 01.19' 22.39' I 61.320 I 

I 8/14 22:50 I 2345 I 04.82' I 23.79' 01.88' 22.79 61,320 I 

TOTAL 

DISCHARGE I 122,640 I 

7 


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I 
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 Ii. #- .' - - ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR 2.008 .--~ 

NPDES GENERAL PERMIT AK-GS2-0000 FOR 

SEAFOOD PROCESSORS IN ALASKA 

TO BE SUBMITTED BY FEBRUARY 1st FOLLOWING EACH YEAR OF OPERATION 

(See Part VI.B. of the Permit) 

The annual report serves to inform the regulatory agencies of the use and potential degradation of public water resources 

bv facilities discharging pollutants to receivinQ waters in Alaska under this permit. 

NPDES SEAFOOD ADEC Seafood 

GENERAL PERMIT NO. AK-G52- 0 'feR Processor License No. ;:1~ '18

Company Name :5G'w A12..0 rlS hE";Q. ; ,.; s 

Owner/Operator r C;::r: c! L e S£"".A Fd"s I)JC 

Address PoBox 8 Telephone 907 .:.. 2 z Y- 3381 

City/State/Zip SEWAaO /l1L 996b cj FAX 90 =7 - 2Z '1'- 3Z85 

Representative (I, h Pi I'll So IAA. Ct;" (clow N E:/ 

Owner or Managing Company ::r: e.. c L€ SeAFoods ~.,.,;C 

Address 'P D 'Ba-x :::; ?oo 3 Telephone 2ot,­ LJ=lZ 098R 

Ci!YjStatelZip S€4f'T Lc L.1,a 9E//9 FAX 2L>/...,­ Z~Z - ·'12:2- ?­

Representative ":\~I,,I\.' UJnr~~\J ff 6/'2. 11A; k:t' e,1 v .f+.£'12. 

Facility Name -')G,'At2D h:.sh82; e-S 

Address Po Bcrx:. g Telephone 90::; - 22 y: 3381 

City/State/zip Se:wAlZO AJe 1'966 C/' FAX 907- :?z.i 3Z.SS 

Vessel Name USCG Vessel Number 

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2008 


NPDES Annual Report 

Permit No. AK-G52-0488 

Seward Fisheries 

P.O. Box 8 
 I~[~ (C ~ IR\ Seward, AK 99664 


(907) 224-3381 


Fax: 224-3285 
 ln1\ JI\N 28 mt lY 

Charles McEldowney 

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 


(Report contains 14 pages of content plus 7 pages of attachments) 

Dates of Operation 


Table 1 


Table 2 


Amounts of Discharge 


Table 3 


Discharge at Sea 


Location of Outfall 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 of Non-Compliance 


Inspection 


BMP Certification and Training 


Certification Statement 


Attachments: 


Annual report form, (2 pages) 


Examples of Monitoring forms, (4 pages) 


May 10,2008 White Froth on Beach report, (1 page) 


page 2 


page 3 


page 4 


page 5 


page 6 


page 7 


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page 8 


page 9 


page 9 


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page 10 


page 11 


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page 12 


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2008 

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 of the information provided in this report is 

attached as the following pages. 

The 2008 IFQ Halibut I Sablefish season opened at noon on March 8th however the bad 

weather in the Gulf of Alaska prevented a majority ofthe vessels from fishing, (setting 

gear), until March 10th• We receive our first deliver on March lih. We were ready to 

operate on the 9th and we starting doin~ shore line monitoring on the 9th however for the 

sake of this report I will use March 1 i as operational start date since it was the first day 

that we had any seafood waste discharge. The fishing season closed at noon on Nov 

15th . The last day of discharge was Nov. 17th, and therefore our 2008 dates of operation 

are from March 12 through Nov 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 of this 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 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 of salmon were processed during the summer. The first Salmon arrived in late 

May. The last salmon was delivered on August 31. 

Since our major meal plant upgrade in 2004, it has been our goal to run as much raw 

material through our meal plant as possible considering all the challenges involved. The 

IFQ season is too sporadic to supply a steady stream of raw material therefore we 

primarily run the plant on salmon waste during the summer months. We did operate the 

meal plant for three days in April and off and on in May in 2008. This was prior to 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 plant had some form of processing for 98 of these 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 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. 

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 

totals 16 23 23 30 31 30 17 12 3 

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

TOTAL PROCESSING DAYS 185

OUT OF A POSSIBLE TOTAL = 74%

251 

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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 dryer would 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 

1 1 1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 1 

1 l~i:j\~! £;,1; 1 1 1 

0 i.;; :!;!(~~r;j ~;;\ 1 

11 "!i"i' 1 1 

12 !'s, 'fS;'F{f~ 1 1 1

13 i,;i)ijjq i(;zi 1 

14 ,~~ :';'z~~;~ 1 1 

15;~tl'~ !~ 1 1 

1 16.11""11 17 :z.~. 11 1 

18.f',};·.·· 1 

1 

1 1 

~!~ ~ '11;
 1 ..\ 

1 I~:;~;j~'!,/r 1 iY .•..• 

19 ",', .,;.~l. ·..r l 1 

20't,,' 1 

21~\'~'.,r, V 1 1 

22 i,~ r)jl?,'" 1 1 

23\: ~':i;y.l~ 1 

24 <i,.".!/,:!, 1 

25 :J'li;\i~;;\~tj 1 1 

26 ~;;}xi~i'!f, 1 

27 1 1 

28 1 1 1 

29 1 1 

30 1 1 

31 3",,);,(\ 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 

I. 

l' 

Total proceSSing 

Possible 

days 

days 4 

3 11 

31 

24 

30 

30 

31 

28 

31 11 

2 ~ 

TOTAL DAYS 98 

~ 

= 71.0% OUT OF A POSSIBLE OF 138 

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AMOUNT OF DISCHARGE 

The monthly pounds of discharge, found in TABLE 3, on page 6, were calculated as 

stated in the permit: Raw pounds into the plant minus finished pounds out of the plant. 

Waste that went to the meal plant is also accounted for in TABLE 3. Raw pounds consist 

of halibut, sablefish, salmon, rockfish, pacific cod, lingcod, and any other by-catch 

delivered. In June, July and August salmon makes up the bulk of the waste. No crab 

processing or herring roe processing occurred. 

Receiving forms ofthese products are primarily: round, dressed head off or dressed head 

on. Finished forms ofthese products are: round, head & gutted collar on or collar off, 

collars, and various forms of fillets, cheeks, bait, roe, canned products and meal foiL The 

products produced in the main plant were shipped fresh, frozen or canned. The meal 

plant ships products as a dry meal in bulk bags and fish oil in bulk containers. 

The amount of raw material brought into the plant was 36,514,858 lbs. Of this raw 

material 24,100,948 lbs became finished fresh, frozen or canned product while another 

7,708581 pounds went to the meal plant for rendering. There was no waste hauled to sea 

by a vessel for disposal in 2008. The remaining 4,705,329Ibs was routed through the 

NPDES grinder system and discharged out the outfall in accordance with our permit. See 

Table 3 for amounts by month. While producing a quality product and providing 

employees with a safe work environment, maximizing recoveries, thus reducing waste, is 

a primary goal of our operation. We strive to make as much of the 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 

Oct 

Nov 

Dec 

TOTA 

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 

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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 

6,037 

0 

4,705,329 

There was no at Sea- Discharge I Tender Vessel Transported Discharge in 2008 

Meal Plant Summary by Month 

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....___..;..12_.1_°110 1 2._30 931,294 1 ....._____ --'-'yo1 

Total output Total Recovery 

Meal & Oil combined 1,105,069 14.3% 

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There are two Vaughn H6U chopper pumps with Yz" hole plates which all material have 

to pass through to get out of the out fall tank. All waste goes through the outfall tank 

during the bulk of the season. There are many pumps ahead of those pumps which pump 

the material to the outfall tank. These outfall pumps held up well this season. There is 

no mention of any break downs in the log book. A power outage shut the pumps down in 

early May and there were some power outages later in the year that the log does not 

mention however the pumps restart when the power is back on. All production, all water 

flow and all waste flow have to be stopped when the city power goes down. 

In the very early spring and in the late fall the outfall tank can freeze up therefore we rely 

on the cold storage Vaughn V4R pump with Yz" hole plate to pump the waste from the 

processing areas directly out the outfall line. During 2008, the log book shows that hooks 

and knives are the biggest problem in the cold storage drain system. If they are found in 

the log that means that the ripple catch or magnets caught them prior to being sucked up 

in the pump, which is good. The log shows that the pump had to be pulled out of the pit 

three times during the season due to foreign objects locking it up, April 24th , August 10, 

and Sept 15th . 

The Back dock pit stays relatively clean of foreign material hence does not break down 

very often. Occasional banding and other package 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 of switch was installed this year 

which has eliminated that problem. The new front dock pumps ran very well this year, 

their first year in operation. We did find that fish scales clog the trash strain screens 

often. They have to be cleaned out on a routine basis or the system backs up. 

In addition to the 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 

of the log records there is nothing that needs further mention in this summary. 

Reports of Non-Compliance. 

After a review of the year's records and a review of Part VII of the 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 staff meeting was held on Feb 19,2008 to train the key staff about 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. I point out who is responsible for each type of monitoring and how that 

monitoring is reviewed. 

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