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Associated Press - November 3, 2009 8:24 PM ET
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The federal Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint against a Haines fish processor, accusing the plant of violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
The agency on Tuesday accused Chilkoot Fish & Caviar, Inc. of improperly discharging fish processing waste into Lutak Inlet from May to October in 2004 through 2007.
Lutak Inlet is a tributary of Lynn Canal.
Fish waste is the unused portions of processed fish. Processors are required to grind waste to pieces of 1-half inch or less.
The EPA says that over the four years, Chilkoot processed more than 824,000 pounds of fish waste.
According to the agency, the plant faces a maximum civil penalty of $177,550.
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