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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 complaint explains that the conservation groups have representational standing because their members, so...

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 thousands of fish and the pollution of the river with un-permitted artificial turf, both of which occurred...

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 construction project this past summer, Electron Hydro put sheets of artificial turf equating to more tha...

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 artificial turf and releasing yards of the material and crumb rubber into the Puyallup River. The lawsuit...

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 defendants are breaching the ESA by continuing to maintain, operate, and renovate their Electron hydroele...