Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Sues Accurate SM Over Water Pollution

Accurate SM has been sued by a Washington state environmental group for allegedly discharging polluted stormwater from into a tributary of Puget Sound.

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance’s complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleges that Accurate SM has, among other things, failed to comply with water quality standards. The group claims these violations are ongoing.

The plaintiff alleges that the defendant violated the terms of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit by discharging polluted stormwater from its Mukilteo, Washington facility into Big Gulch Creek, a tributary of Puget Sound.

The complaint alleges ...