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Statement on Electron Hydro fine from Chairman Bill Sterud, on behalf of Puyallup Tribal Council

Statement on Electron Hydro fine from Chairman Bill Sterud, on behalf of Puyallup Tribal Council

June 8, 2021 Statement on Electron Hydro fine from Chairman Bill Sterud, on behalf of Puyallup Tribal Council The Department of Ecology’s fine against Electron Hydro today for its discharge of sports turf into the Puyallup River is a good step to protect our water and critically endangered sacred fish. It is not the only step. We lose fish year after year. They begin life on the mountain and get chewed up by Electron Dam. Those that survive go down the river – now polluted by crumb rubber – and out to the bay, where they are greeted by multiple…
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