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 during construction last summer.
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 than 2,000 square yards into the river without a permit. Some of the turf disintegrated into tiny pieces of crumb rubber and flowed downstream, all the way into Commencement Bay.
Allison Needles: Record-setting bridge girders to cause lane closures on I-5 in Tacoma
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/1/2021 Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 1 The new year will kick off with some overnight lane closures and detours on Interstate 5 in Tacoma.
The state Department of Transportation s contractor, Guy F. Atkinson Construction, will begin installing 30 giant bridge girders over the Puyallup River in Tacoma on Jan. 4 that will cause the disruptions.
One of those girders is a record-setting 223 feet in length and almost 9 feet high, weighing more than 246,500 pounds.
It s the longest prestressed concrete girder made in North America, according WSDOT, and is roughly the weight of a Blue whale and the length of a 747 airplane. The girders were made at Concrete Technology Corporation in Tacoma.
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 was filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday against Electron Hydro LLC, and the collection of corporations that own, finance, and control the hydropower company.
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