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Title: Can’t help
Post by: Platensek-po on June 08, 2021, 01:41:11 PM

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/dam-operator-fined-501000-for-polluting-puyallup-river-with-artificial-turf-crumb-rubber/

Just saw this and have to say the fine and punishment is extremely disappointing. The wanton destruction of habitat like that and poisoning the river is just not ok. I think they should have stripped the damm from that company and taken everything they had. Just keep putting nails in the coffin for those fish.

Title: Re: Can’t help
Post by: Stein on June 08, 2021, 01:50:42 PM

It will be appealed and probably cut in half.

Way to go WA Dept of Ecology.  Get $500k, kill tons of fish and then probably spend $5M in 10 years to clean half of it up.