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By Ernest A. Jasmin, Puyallup Tribal News Editor In February, Electron Hydro LLC and Chief Operating Officer Thom Fischer pleaded guilty to a single criminal count in connection with polluting the Puyallup River in 2020. The plea concluded a case brought by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson that relied on evidence gathered by the Puyallup Tribe in its efforts to document the impact of illegally dumped artificial turf at the site of Electron Hydro’s 120-year-old dam near Mount Rainier National Park. The company placed old turf into a temporary flow bypass channel during the summer of 2020, topping it with…