A Fact Sheet and associated documents are available for review. For inquiries or to request copies of documents, contact:
DEC Contact:
Anne Weaver
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Water
Wastewater Discharge Authorization Program
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-269-7483
Fax: 907-269-3487
E-mail: Anne.Weaver@alaska.gov
Draft Permit Public Notice Period:
Public Notice Start Date: June 29, 2023
Public Notice Expiration Date: July 31, 2023
Permit No.: AK0037303
Permit Name: Trident Seafoods Akutan Facility
Proposed Permit Coverage:
Permit Coverage: DEC proposes to re-issue APDES individual permit (permit) AK0037303 to Trident Seafoods Akutan Facility to discharge process waste and wastewater to waters of the U.S.
Description of Discharges: The facility conducts seafood processing and seafood meal reduction near the village of Akutan, Alaska on Akutan Harbor. Water used in bailing, butchering, processing, and fluming is collected before final discharge and passed through a 0.5-millimeter (mm) or smaller screen to recover residual tissue pieces. Screened wastewater is discharged without further treatment through Outfall 001A and 001B. Non-contact cooling water (i.e., water used to cool the engines in the Pollock Plant powerhouse) and the Pollock Plant plate and frame ammonia condenser water is discharged through Outfall 002A. Non-contact cooling water (i.e., water used to cool the engines in the Cod Plant powerhouse) is discharged through Outfall 002B. Screened solids and unusable seafood parts are sent to the meal reduction plant. Fish meal processing produces a stream of noncontact saltwater used in evaporation machinery and to scrub dryer vapors from the meal dryers. This wastewater is discharged through Outfall 003A.
Zone of Deposit (ZOD): The draft permit authorizes a 1.0-acre zone of deposit for residues on the seafloor.
Mixing Zones: The draft permit authorizes a 169-foot x 9-foot mixing zone around the Outfall 001A diffuser and a 229-foot x 9-foot mixing zone around the Outfall 001B diffuser for color, turbidity, residues, dissolved oxygen, total residual chlorine, and total ammonia; a 6.6-foot radius mixing zone for temperature around Outfall 002A; a 6.0-foot radius mixing zone for temperature around Outfall 002B; and a 28.9-foot radius mixing zone for temperature and total ammonia around Outfall 003A.
Tentative Determination:
DEC has tentatively determined to reissue a discharge permit for the activity described above.
Public Comments:
Written comments or requests for a public hearing on the APDES draft permit must be submitted within 30 days of the issuance of this public notice. Any person desiring to comment on the permit may submit comments electronically via the DEC public notice site (preferred) at https://water.alaskadec.commentinput.com?id=4c9PCaJx2A.
Alternatively, you may direct written comments and requests to the attention of the DEC contact/permit writer at the email address or postal address identified above.
All comments should include the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the commenter and a concise statement of comment on the permit condition(s) and the relevant facts upon which the comment is based. Comments of either support or concern that are directed at specific, cited permit requirements are appreciated. Mailed comments and requests must be postmarked on or before the expiration date of the public notice.
DEC will consider all comments when making the final decision and will respond to received comments in a Response to Comments document issued when DEC issues a final permit. The Response to Comments will be made available to the public.
Any interested person may submit a written request for a public hearing if no hearing has already been scheduled. A request for a public hearing shall state the nature of the issues to be raised as well as the requester's name, address, telephone number, and email address. DEC will hold a public hearing whenever DEC finds, on the basis of requests, a significant degree of public interest in a draft permit. DEC may also hold a public hearing if a hearing might clarify one or more issues involved in a permit decision or for other good reason in DEC’s discretion.
DEC will transmit the final permit, fact sheet (amended as appropriate), and Response to Comments to anyone who provided comments during the public review period or requested to be notified of DEC’s final decision.
DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS OR REQUEST FOR PUBLIC HEARING
July 31, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. AKDT
Administrative Record:
The APDES draft permit, fact sheet, and associated documents are available for public review at the DEC offices located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Soldotna, and Wasilla. Please contact the office of your choice to arrange for hard copies of the documents to be available for your review.
555 Cordova Street 610 University Avenue 410 Willoughby Ave #303
Anchorage, AK 99501 Fairbanks, AK 99709 Juneau, AK 99811
907-269-6285 907-451-2100 907-465-5300
43335 Kalifornsky Beach Road 1700 E Bogard Road #B
Soldotna, AK 99615 Suite #103
907-262-5210 Wasilla, AK 99654
907-376-1850
If you would like to see any additional supporting technical documents, contact Anne Weaver.
The documents are also accessible from the DEC website at:
http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/
To receive email notifications about the APDES Program, including when permits are available to review, follow the link below to join the APDES email list. http://list.state.ak.us/mailman/listinfo/DEC-APDES/
Disability Reasonable Accommodation Notice
The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Meg Kohler at (907) 269-4198 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 within 30 days of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.