Feds sue dam operator for allowing field turf to pollute Pierce County river
The U.S Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Electron Hydro on Wednesday for putting field turf in the riverbed of the Puyallup River while working on a construction project.
The lawsuit accuses Electron Hydro, the company that runs a hydropower dam on the Puyallup River outside of Orting, of polluting the river with turf pellets and plastic yarn and of violating its work permits.
The U.S. Attorney General filed on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency “to obtain injunctive relief and civil penalties” from Electron Hydro, according to the suit.
Other agencies and government officials, like the Puyallup Tribe, Pierce County and the Washington Department of Ecology, have spoken out against the release of an estimated four to six cubic yards of turf pellets, or crumb rubber, into the river.
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