20241115_260294_Sand Point_BWN Rescinded Letter
Dear Sand Point Residents,
Department of Environmental Conservation
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Drinking Water Program
555 Cordova St. Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Main: 907.262-8201 Fax: 907.269.7650
dec.alaska.gov john.davis@alaska.gov
A boil water notice (BWN) was issued for Sand Point public water system on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Drinking water program staff were notified by the operator on Monday, October 28, 2024, that their turbidity samples over the weekend were consistently exceeding 0.3 NTU. Several samples were exceeding 0.5 NTU. In addition, on Tuesday, October 29, the operator reported that entry point residual disinfection readings were not meeting the required 0.2 mg/L
On November 15, 2024, DEC received three satisfactory total coliform samples, has confirmed with the operator that the turbidity readings are consistently under 0.3 NTU, and that entry point residual disinfection levels are at or above 0.2 mg/L. The water system is back to operating as normal. The BWN has been rescinded.
If you have questions regarding this letter or if I can be of further assistance, please contact me at 907-262- 8201 x 201 or at john.davis@alaska.gov
Sincerely,
John Davis
Environmental Program Specialist Drinking Water Program, Anchorage office
Enclosures: Boil Water Notice and Public Notice
Theo Greenly
The At-Sea Processors Association, which represents Alaska’s pollock industry, has announced that its longtime leader is preparing to retire.
In a statement Monday, the group said former Unalaska resident Stephanie Madsen will step down at the end of the year. Madsen has been with the association since 2007, following nearly five decades in fisheries. She was also the first woman to chair the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.
Matt Tinning, who has worked with the association for about five years and led sustainability initiatives, will succeed Madsen as executive director.
The trade group represents five companies operating 15 large catcher-processor vessels in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. Madsen’s retirement comes as the industry faces ongoing scrutiny over pelagic trawling.
Earlier this year, Rep. Mary Peltola introduced legislation that would heavily restrict the trawl fishery, which Madsen warned would create “unworkable and burdensome new federal mandates.”
The association said Madsen will retire at year’s end after 18 years as its executive director.
A judge in Anchorage has dismissed the case against Danielle Gould, a King Cove woman who faced felony charges related to a fatal vehicle accident in March 2023. Gould was accused of driving under the influence and refusing a chemical test after her truck struck and killed a pedestrian.
According to court documents, the King Cove Police Department responded to a collision early one morning, where a pedestrian was critically injured and later died from his injuries. The victim’s identity has not been released.
Luka Loi, a passenger in Gould’s vehicle at the time of the accident, told investigators that Gould had been driving at a high speed after leaving a local bar when she struck the pedestrian. Police officers at the scene reported that Gould appeared intoxicated, noting her slurred speech and unsteady movements. Gould refused to undergo field sobriety tests and declined to provide a breath sample for alcohol testing.
The State of Alaska charged Gould with felony DUI and for refusing a chemical test, as well as manslaughter. However, the case was dismissed in a confidential ruling earlier this month.
A state prosecutor indicated plans to file to reopen the case but did not provide details on the grounds for the dismissal. The state has one month to take further action.
Our Rookies and Lady Eagles are kicking off their volleyball season at Lumen Christi High School! Heres their schedule for today! Good Luck Rookies and Lady Eagles!!
**Game one for King Cove went in favor of Su-Valley 19-25. Better luck next game Ladies!!
**Lady Eagles vs the Unalaska Raiders was an upset for Sand Point. Go get ’em next game Girls!
**Rookies vs Lumen Christi’s Varsity Team ended with a win for the Arch Angels. Good try Rookies!
**Lady Eagles vs Birchwood and the win goes to Warriors. Good Luck next game Sand Point!
Sand Point City Council will hold a meeting on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 at 7PM.
KSDP will air the meeting live & archive the audio here:
https://apradio.org/mp3/2024-10-08-sdp.mp3
Always check here for the latest Agenda & Packet:
https://www.sandpointak.com/agendas–packets.html
Agenda+Packet:
https://www.sandpointak.com/uploads/2/7/6/7/27677223/october_8_2024_regular_city_council_packet.pdf
It’s unclear how the sale will affect King Cove, which relied on the processing facility as its main economic driver until it closed in January.
A Washington state judge approved a deal on Thursday giving the assets of Peter Pan Seafoods to the company’s former co-owner Rodger May, a decision that follows months of controversy over the seafood processing company, which ceased operations this year.
May placed the winning bid for the company’s assets at auction last month, but the sale wasn’t approved until Thursday’s hearing, when King County Judge Steven Olsen signed the motion to approve the $37.3 million sale, which includes processing plants in Port Moller, Dillingham and King Cove.
“I really haven’t heard anybody say that the receiver failed to comply with that order approving the sale,” Olsen said.
Peter Pan Seafood Company was placed into a court-ordered receivership back in April at the request of Wells Fargo, which pointed to more than $60 million in debt owed by the Alaskan processing company. A receivership is a process similar to bankruptcy, but intended to protect a company’s lender. Both Wells Fargo and the court-appointed receiver, the Los Angeles-based Stapleton Group, supported the deal proposed by May.
However, more than 90 Alaska fishermen in August signed a letter that opposed selling Peter Pan’s assets back to May, saying that May had broken the fishing community’s trust by not paying fishermen.
“Mr. Rodger May and co-owners have done irreparable harm to the many people and their families that make their living from the commercial fisheries on the Alaska Peninsula,” they wrote. “There are still many fishermen that have not been paid for fish they delivered as well as vendors and tenders not being paid for goods and services provided.”
It’s unclear how the sale will affect King Cove, which relied on the processing facility as its main economic driver until it closed in January.
May acquired Peter Pan back in 2020 with the backing of California-based RRG Capital Management and McKinley Capital Management, which used funds from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation’s in-state investment program.
May attended the meeting on Zoom but did not speak during the hearing. May also did not respond to a request for comment from KUCB.
By Nathaniel Herz┃Northern Journal
Rodger May, an entrepreneur and fish trader, narrowly beat out another industry player, Silver Bay Seafoods, with his $37.3 million bid. The sale must still be approved by a Seattle court.
One of the original investors in a troubled Alaska seafood company has narrowly outbid competitor Silver Bay Seafoods in an auction for the firm’s assets — including a major processing plant in the Alaska Peninsula village of King Cove.
Rodger May, an entrepreneur and fish trader, bid $37.3 million for the assets of Peter Pan Seafood, including two other processing plants — one in the Bristol Bay hub town of Dillingham and another in a remote part of the Alaska Peninsula called Port Moller.
May’s bid was $257,000 higher than the bid offered by Silver Bay Seafoods, a major Alaska seafood company that’s expanded rapidly in recent years.
The sale of Peter Pan, which operates primarily in Alaska with a business headquarters in Washington, isn’t final. A confirmation hearing in Peter Pan’s receivership case — a bankruptcy-like proceeding overseen by a Seattle court — is scheduled for Oct. 3.
May’s seafood trading company is one of three original investors who bought Peter Pan from a Japanese conglomerate in 2020. The other two investors are private funds, one run by Anchorage-based McKinley Capital Management and another led by Los Angeles-based RRG Capital Management.
May’s winning bid was summarized in a 115-page document filed in the case by the Los Angeles-based financial managers, the Stapleton Group, charged with managing Peter Pan’s assets through the receivership. It says May will pay $25.3 million of the purchase price in cash, with the rest to come from a credit to account for $12 million that May previously lent the company.
The document — a brief formal notice to the court with along with a detailed purchase and sale agreement — leaves an array of unanswered questions. Those include whether and when fishermen owed money by Peter Pan could be paid off with proceeds from the sale.
The document also does not say whether any of the proceeds will go toward paying McKinley Capital Management, whose investment in Peter Pan was partially financed by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. — the agency that manages the state’s $79 billion oil wealth endowment.
The sale documents also do not commit May to reopening the aging King Cove plant, which has been shuttered for months and is valued at just $200,000 by the sale agreement.
May also may face challenges in recruiting fishermen to sell their catch to Peter Pan’s plants.
He’s been criticized in recent weeks by former Peter Pan fishermen, some of whom have said they went unpaid by the company and filed liens against it.
Dozens of fishermen wrote an open letter last month saying that trust with May and his business “has been permanently broken” and that they “will not deliver fish or be in a business relationship” with him again.
May did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and neither did an official from the Stapleton Group.
Nathaniel Herz welcomes tips at natherz@gmail.com or (907) 793-0312. This article was originally published in Northern Journal, a newsletter from Herz. Subscribe at this link.
Sand Point School Open House 9_12_24
Sand Point School Open House
Thursday, Sept. 12, from 5:00-6:00 PM
– Student work is displayed in the halls and classrooms Scavenger hunt fun!
– Austin Roof will be here to help with the Remind APP
– Dannielle Carlson will be available for FAFSA Questions & more
