Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

ODFW fined $16,980 for improper North Fork Alsea stream bank work

June 4, 2023

One Oregon agency is fining another for what it says are violations of the federal Clean Water Act for failing to follow best management practices while doing bank stabilization work on the North Fork of the Alsea River. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has proposed fining the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife $16,980 for the violations. ODFW is

DEQ fines Pacific Seafood plant for violating permit; company will appeal

April 3, 2023

NEWPORT — One of Pacific Seafood’s five processing plants on the Newport bayfront has been fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for exceeding its permitted levels of waste discharged into Yaquina Bay. The DEQ levied an $8,500 fine against Pacific Surimi, which uses processed Pacific whiting to make imitation crab and other seafood products, for three alleged