NYCkayaker PCB Cleanup of Hudson

[Bruce Taterka]

Great!  Thirty years after the problem was recognized, GE agrees to 
implement "Phase I" (which was recently delayed from beginning in 2007 to 
2008).  Rest assured it's not the final takeout.

>From: "MC" <wm169@verizon.net>
>To: <nyckayaker@rockandwater.net>
>Subject: NYCkayaker PCB Cleanup of Hudson
>Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:41:50 -0500
>
>The following notice was just received. Based on the history of the PCB
>cleanup litigation, I doubt that this is the final takeout, but it sounds
>like a major milestone. (I hope this doesn't influence anyone to vote
>Republican, who wouldn't have otherwise; after all the EPA is a
>non-political government agency, isn't it ?).
>
>
>
>Marty Cohen
>
>
>
>      STATEMENT
>
>                                  Alan J. Steinberg
>
>                                  EPA Regional Administrator
>
>                    Court Approval of Hudson River Settlement
>
>                                          November 2, 2006
>
>
>
>The United States is pleased to announce that today, the landmark 
>settlement
>between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the General Electric
>Company (GE) for the Hudson River PCBs site was approved by Federal 
>District
>Court Judge David N. Hurd.  This allows the cleanup of the Hudson River to
>proceed.  Under the approved Consent Decree, GE will construct a sediment
>transfer/processing facility in Fort Edward, NY and perform the first phase
>of the dredging of the PCB-contaminated river sediments, and may perform 
>the
>second phase of the dredging as well.
>
>
>
>Now that the court has approved the Consent Decree, we can all look forward
>to seeing the benefits of cleaning up the Hudson River.  EPA will continue
>to work with the affected communities and other stakeholders as the
>implementation of the remedy proceeds.
>
>
>
>
>


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