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08 Jun

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

Electron Dam, Fish, Puyallup River, Puyallup Tribal Council, Statement

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…

Puyallup Tribe seeks court order to stop Electron Hydro from opening fish-killing dam’s water intake

Chinook Salmon, Clean Water Act, Electron Dam, Endangered Species Act, fisheries, Puyallup River

May 21, 2021 Puyallup Tribe seeks court order to stop Electron Hydro from opening fish-killing dam’s water intake ‘Everything they did last summer makes it worse,’ Tribal Council says TACOMA—The Puyallup Tribe on Thursday asked a federal court judge in its case against Electron Hydro LLC to issue an order blocking the company from opening a water intake as it stumbles through attempts to get the dam operational. The Puyallup River is home to Chinook salmon, which are important to Tribal and non-Tribal fishers alike and a critical food source of endangered Southern Resident orcas. The river is also home…

Puyallup Tribe issues notice of intent to sue Electron Hydro

Electron, Environment, Puyallup River, Puyallup Tribe of Indians

Tribe cites ongoing violations to Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act TACOMA—The Puyallup Tribe on Thursday provided notice that it intends to sue Electron Hydro over its intentional ongoing violations of the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. The Tribe gave notice that it will file a lawsuit in federal court in 60 days against Electron Hydro and the collection of corporations that own, finance and control the hydropower company. The Tribe also asked that Electron abandon its plans to construct an unpermitted and unplanned rock dam structure on the Puyallup River during the next few weeks, or the…