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Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson says a student loan servicer will provide about $45 million in debt relief and restitution to settle a lawsuit that alleged it deceived loan seekers and engaged in unfair practices.
Three dozen criminal charges have been filed against Electron Hydro and its chief operating officer Thom Fischer in connection with a 2020 spill of crumb rubber into the Puyallup River.
The Washington Department of Ecology fined the hydropower company $500,000 in 2021 after the Puyallup Tribe sued over the pollution.
The charges stem from a construction project in 2020 that allegedly polluted stretches of the river with chemicals found in rubber that are toxic to fish.
Dept. of Ecology issues $742,800 in fines Aaron Kunkler July 28, 2021 The Washington state Department of Ecology issued $742,800 in penalties of more than $1,000 or more from April through June 2021, including a $501,000 fine leveled against the owners of the Electron Hydropower Dam for water quality violations on the Puyallup River. Penalties are issued in cases where non-compliance continues even after Ecology has provided technical assistance or warnings, or for particularly serious violations, a press release from the Department states. Funds that are coll...