NYCkayaker PCB Cleanup of Hudson

[sandy sobanski]

I'm curious. Do they know how to safely remove that
stuff now after all these years?  Is there a better
system-a safe way now actually?  
 Will the EPA be the folks monitoring the water's PCB
levels to see what happens with the dredging the toxic
stuff?  Maybe they have a better technique now.  I
hope so.
 Not that I don't trust he EPA guys...

--- Bruce Taterka <btaterka@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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