Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AK0049786
WESTWARD SEAFOODS CAPTAINS BAY FACILITY, Dutch Harbor, AK: NPDES AK0049786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WESTWARD SEAFOODS CAPTAINS BAY FACILITY, held by Greg Peters - Westward Seafoods, Inc., holds NPDES permit AK0049786. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2022 and expiring February 28, 2027. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WESTWARD SEAFOODS CAPTAINS BAY FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Greg Peters - Westward Seafoods, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | AK0049786 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 27, 2022 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2027 |
| Issuing agency | Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
| Address | Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 28Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 6With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stickwater, effluent percent recycled | 0 | 40 | 38 | November 30, 2001 | 100% over the limit |
| Oil and grease per production | 0 | 42 | 26 | May 31, 2001 | 11,786% over the limit |
| Solids, total susp per production | 0 | 38 | 21 | April 30, 1997 | 4,397% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C per production | 0 | 18 | 14 | March 31, 1998 | 13,343% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 24 | 12 | August 31, 2001 | 73% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 17 | 12 | June 30, 2001 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Production, seafood effluent | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Seafood production, effluent # day/mo | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Density | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, dissolved [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, floating - visual determination | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stickwater discharge | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & grease, non-polar material | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seafood Processing Waste | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AK0049786.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.