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Agriculture your username March 11, 2021 On Tuesday, Citizens for a Healthy Bay and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance filed a Clean Water Act (CWA) lawsuit against defendant Electron Hydro LLC for illegal discharges the company reportedly made into the Puyallup River, a tributary of the Puget Sound. The plaintiffs’ citizen suit seeks declaratory and injunctive relief, the imposition of civil penalties, and an award of costs for Electron’s alleged violations. The Western District of Washington comp...

As lawsuits mount, government looks into removing Electron Dam A piece of the artificial turf in the Puyallup River. (Courtesy of Puyallup Tribe) It’s a new year, and with that year will likely come some of the groundwork for removing the Electron Dam on the Puyallup River. Just last week, the Puyallup Tribe announced it was suing the owner of the dam, Electron Hydro, LLC, over a long list of environmental hazards and permit violations — including a fish kill that caused the death of thousa...

Puyallup Tribe sues Electron Dam owner over artificial turf pollution A piece of the artificial turf in the Puyallup River. (Courtesy of Puyallup Tribe) As the calendar closes on a year that saw the owner of the Electron Dam come under fire for actions during a construction project on the Puyallup River, the Puyallup Tribe is suing Electron Hydro, LLC. The Puyallup Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit against Electron Hydro over alleged violations of the Environmental Protection Act. During a cons...

Puyallup Tribe sues Electron Hydro for polluting Puyallup River with crumb rubber The Tribe claims the company repeatedly violated the Endangered Species Act, which protects Chinook salmon and other species that call the Puyallup River home. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 2:15 PM PST December 31, 2020 The Puyallup Tribe has filed a lawsuit against Electron Hydro, the owners of the Electron Dam on the Puyallup River, for endangering salmon by improperly using artif...

Agriculture your username December 31, 2020 The Puyallup Tribe of Indians challenged an Electron hydroelectric project on Washington’s Puyallup River on Wednesday in the Western District of Washington. The plaintiff claimed in the complaint that Electron Hydro, Thom A. Fischer (a director of the project), and Tollhouse Energy Company have unlawfully taken various fish which are “threatened with extinction” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Puyallup Tribe purported that the defen...

It’s time to get rid of the Electron Hydroelectric Dam on the Puyallup River that has been killing salmon, steelhead, bull trout and other fish for more than a century. It is so old that it escapes most regulatory oversight and would never be allowed to be built today.  A last straw came in July when the dam’s owners, Electron Hydro, placed nearly 2,500 yards of old, degraded and unapproved artificial turf in the river to cushion the liner of a new diversion channel. The channel wa...

Schrier backs take-down of Puyallup River dam Structure provides no energy, irrigation, flood control By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times Published: December 10, 2020, 5:58pm Share: SEATTLE — U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Sammamish, has added her voice to the chorus calling for removal of the Electron Hydroelectric Project on the Puyallup River, saying the dam’s cost to salmon is not worth it. The dam, owned by Electron Hyrdo LLC, a division of Tollhouse Energy LLC of Bellingham...