LUMMI INDIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL 2665 KWINA ROAD IIiELUNGHA••••WASHINGTON 9111:26(360) :U1:-):OOO D41!_TMIlENT DlRECf NO September 14,2017 Cooke Aquaculture Pacific. LLC Icicle Seafoods, Inc. 401921$1. Ave. West, Sle. 300 Seattle, WA 98199 RE: Pollutant Release and Recovery Mr. Cooke. Please direct all inquiries related to the counting and receipt of the fish to Lummi Nalion Natural Resources Department Executive Director, Merle Jefferson, merlej@lummi-nsn.gov. Please note that we lake issue with your demand for documentation to support our belief that $30 per fish is not adequate reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to your Atlantic salmon spill. Perhaps we should take this opportunity to recap how we gOIto this place. You failed to ensure thaI your facility was operated in a responsible manner. You failed to comply with your Aquatic Lands Lea-.e. You failed to comply with the provisions of your NPDES Permit, and you failed to comply with your Fish Escape Prevention Plan. And then you attempted [0 blame the spill on high lides associated with the solar eclipse. Do you really think that you are in any position to question our veracity? As 10 your last "offer of compensation," and as we have repeatedly made clear, we are nOI interested in entering into any son of agreement with Cooke. We simply ask thai Cooke reimburse the Lummi Nation and its fishermen for the costs incurred in Ihe initial cleanup of Cooke's mess. You appear unwilling or unable to offer a rate of reimbursement that adequately reflects the costs incurred to date without also attempting to attach "strings" 10 your offer. To be perfectly clear, the Lummi Nation is not willing 10 be muzzled for an additional $12 per fish. Your demand Ihat we keep quiet for a few extra dollars is insulting. As I think: we have made clear. we do appreciate your willjngness to take responsibility for your spill. However, we do not appreciale your insistence that the Lummi Nation keep quiet while you conduct your study. I can assure you that Ihis is not the way to build trust