Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. pled guilty to illegally burning fuel and waste at its hatcheries, which led to a worker being seriously injured.
Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation operates five salmon hatcheries in the region. Cannery Creek Hatchery among others was identified as violating federal environmental laws.
What led to the U.S. government charging the regional hatchery operator and the $1 million fine was years of illegally disposing of hazardous waste. filed Nov. 9 focuses mainly on the Cannery Creek Hatchery located in remote Unakwik Inlet, approximately 40 miles east of Whittier. Five years later, in 2018, one of the hatchery’s workers was severely injured while tending to a burning drum with leftover jet fuel in it. He was medevaced out for care.
The Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. eventually hired a contractor to remove “several tons” of hazardous waste from its hatcheries, according to the plea agreement.
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