Riverkeeper Challenges Pollution Permit

Citing the impacts of the Northwest’s only remaining commercial nuclear reactor on the Columbia River at Hanford, Columbia Riverkeeper, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, and Northwest Environmental Advocates filed a lawsuit on October 30, 2014 over the facility’s pollution discharge permit. The suit asks the court to overturn a state decision to ignore expert advice from federal government scientists on potentially lethal impacts to threatened salmon and to allow toxic discharges.

The Hanford Reach supports some of the most productive spawning areas in the Northwest, including the largest remaining stock of wild fall Chinook salmon in the Columbia River. Photo by Steve Mashuda.

Read official press release here.

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