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45 TREATMENT OF SCALLOP WASTE CW. "Mickey" Sheffield, Vice President Russell & Axon, Inc. Orlando, Florida 32812 INTRODUCTION This paper will review seafood processors that specialized in the mechanical shucking, processing, and packaging of scallops. The scallop process plants are located in Canaveral Harbor, which is located on the east coast of Central Florida, as shown in Figure 1. The scallop processing industry is a mechanized series of heat shocking to shuck the shell and rollers and shakers to separate the meat from the viscera. This process has associated waste products of shell, scallop viscera and wastewater. In the past the industry has hauled the shell and whatever viscera that could be screened and collected to a landfill site. The wastewater has been allowed to wash into the wharf-side waters of the harbour through scuttle ports and drainpipes. In the early 1980s the Department of Environmental Regulation enacted legal aspects for the scallop processors, as it was deemed their "activities were resulting in violation of applicable state water quality standards." At that time the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and Environmental Protection Agency had no specific effluent guidelines for the processing of scallops but since then have come under the guidelines set forth by the various state and federal regulations. The guidelines were formulated as a result of an informational sampling program. These results are being analyzed so that more reasonable guidelines can be established for the industry. This paper will address the preliminary findings and results of a 2 year sample testing program to determine what value of pounds of TSS/1,000 lb of product is a reasonable value for effluent limitations for the scallop industry. LITERATURE REVIEW The nations' seafood industries are experiencing a growth phase, due to the 200-mile fishery conservation zone, which is the result of the passage of the Fishery Conservation and Management- Acts. These acts effectively give the U.S. control of 20% of the worlds seafood supply. Commercial fishing interests have accelerated the growth of their fleets of fishing boats. In order to keep pace with this harvesting activity the capacity of processing plants has increased accordingly. The regulations governing the seafood waste management operations could seriously hinder the development of our nations fisheries.1 The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) effluent guidelines were established as described under the contractural agreement between the EPA and the Edward C. Jordan Co., Inc.2 The study evaluated the 33 subcategories of the seafood processing industry. The majority of the industry consists of many small, family-owned operations which are seasonal and their operation is dependent upon weather and raw material supply. The exceptions are the larger tuna and fish meal processing facilities. The majority of these processors are located along coastal regions and have historically discharged their wastewater, with little or no treatment into marine waters. "Model plants" were constructed for each size segment of each subcategory and were tested for economic viability after the addition of proposed pollution control costs. A discounted cash flow versus net present value analysis was used to determine economic viability. The purpose of the analysis indicates whether a plant should comply with regulations and remain in business, or terminate operations and sell its assets. The most important concern of processors is the economic effect of meeting effluent limitations to satisfy regulatory guidelines.3 Otwell1 notes that the scallop processing and production industry is primarily located along the southeastern coastal region of the United States. In Florida, the majority of the industry is in the Cape Canaveral area. The industry harvests bay and scallops, with the bulk of production consisting of scallops. The processing of scallops is an unique mechanized combination of heat shocking for 46th Purdue Industrial Waste Conference Proceedings, 1992 Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan 48118. Printed in U.S.A. 429
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Transcript | 45 TREATMENT OF SCALLOP WASTE CW. "Mickey" Sheffield, Vice President Russell & Axon, Inc. Orlando, Florida 32812 INTRODUCTION This paper will review seafood processors that specialized in the mechanical shucking, processing, and packaging of scallops. The scallop process plants are located in Canaveral Harbor, which is located on the east coast of Central Florida, as shown in Figure 1. The scallop processing industry is a mechanized series of heat shocking to shuck the shell and rollers and shakers to separate the meat from the viscera. This process has associated waste products of shell, scallop viscera and wastewater. In the past the industry has hauled the shell and whatever viscera that could be screened and collected to a landfill site. The wastewater has been allowed to wash into the wharf-side waters of the harbour through scuttle ports and drainpipes. In the early 1980s the Department of Environmental Regulation enacted legal aspects for the scallop processors, as it was deemed their "activities were resulting in violation of applicable state water quality standards." At that time the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and Environmental Protection Agency had no specific effluent guidelines for the processing of scallops but since then have come under the guidelines set forth by the various state and federal regulations. The guidelines were formulated as a result of an informational sampling program. These results are being analyzed so that more reasonable guidelines can be established for the industry. This paper will address the preliminary findings and results of a 2 year sample testing program to determine what value of pounds of TSS/1,000 lb of product is a reasonable value for effluent limitations for the scallop industry. LITERATURE REVIEW The nations' seafood industries are experiencing a growth phase, due to the 200-mile fishery conservation zone, which is the result of the passage of the Fishery Conservation and Management- Acts. These acts effectively give the U.S. control of 20% of the worlds seafood supply. Commercial fishing interests have accelerated the growth of their fleets of fishing boats. In order to keep pace with this harvesting activity the capacity of processing plants has increased accordingly. The regulations governing the seafood waste management operations could seriously hinder the development of our nations fisheries.1 The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) effluent guidelines were established as described under the contractural agreement between the EPA and the Edward C. Jordan Co., Inc.2 The study evaluated the 33 subcategories of the seafood processing industry. The majority of the industry consists of many small, family-owned operations which are seasonal and their operation is dependent upon weather and raw material supply. The exceptions are the larger tuna and fish meal processing facilities. The majority of these processors are located along coastal regions and have historically discharged their wastewater, with little or no treatment into marine waters. "Model plants" were constructed for each size segment of each subcategory and were tested for economic viability after the addition of proposed pollution control costs. A discounted cash flow versus net present value analysis was used to determine economic viability. The purpose of the analysis indicates whether a plant should comply with regulations and remain in business, or terminate operations and sell its assets. The most important concern of processors is the economic effect of meeting effluent limitations to satisfy regulatory guidelines.3 Otwell1 notes that the scallop processing and production industry is primarily located along the southeastern coastal region of the United States. In Florida, the majority of the industry is in the Cape Canaveral area. The industry harvests bay and scallops, with the bulk of production consisting of scallops. The processing of scallops is an unique mechanized combination of heat shocking for 46th Purdue Industrial Waste Conference Proceedings, 1992 Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan 48118. Printed in U.S.A. 429 |
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