SALEM — Seafood processors in Oregon are blasting some new regulations for treating wastewater as overly restrictive, saying they could put plants along the coast out of business.
The state Department of Environmental Quality updated its permit requirements for seafood companies in October 2020, designed to remove harmful byproducts, bacteria and heavy metals from processing wastewater before it is discharged back into the ocean.
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Fishing boats docked at the Port of Newport.
George Plaven/Capital Press
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Fish are processed at a Pacific Seafood facility in Warrenton, Ore.
Pacific Seafood
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