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Planning commission delays decision on proposed sea‑cucumber processing plant after access concerns

Planning Commission · July 8, 2025
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The Planning Commission postponed action on a conditional use permit for a small-scale sea‑cucumber processing plant at 2535 Tongass Avenue to allow the applicant to resolve legal/physical access and other concerns, including wastewater permitting and odor control. The item will return at the first August meeting.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Planning Commission on July 3 postponed a decision on a conditional use permit for a small seafood processing operation at 2535 Tongass Avenue after staff raised unresolved legal and physical access issues.

Planning staff member Miss Johnson told commissioners the application proposed enclosed processing of sea cucumbers on a property formerly used as a gas station and a used-car lot. Staff said processing would be seasonal (October through March), typically one ‘‘processing day’’ per week, and that the operation must obtain and comply with DEC permits for sanitation, wastewater and pest…

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