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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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 hydroelectric project on the river. The tribe’s reservation in Tacoma, Washington includes a portion of the Puyallup River which is downstream from the Electron facility. The tribe claimed that its fishing rights, which are protected under the Medicine Creek Treaty and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act, are “essential to the Tribe and its members’ existence and culture,” but are be