NYCkayaker PCB Cleanup of Hudson

[Badolfsson]

i,m a late responder but as an observer ofn many dreging operatrions i believe let nature handle it at this point.I think we are going down the wrong path for a cleaner Hudson, boyd adolfsson kayaker



In a message dated 11/04/06 18:17:06 Eastern Standard Time, btaterka@hotmail.com writes:
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. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


>********************************************************************** 
>The NYCKayaker mailing list is hosted by www.rockandwater.net, and is a 
>public service offered to the kayaking community by the Hudson River 
>Watertrail Association. Learn more about HRWA at www.hrwa.org 
> 
>To unsubscribe or change delivery options: 
>http://www.rockandwater.net/mailman/listinfo/nyckayaker 

_________________________________________________________________ 
All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC.  Get a free 90-day trial! 
http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo0050000002msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.windowsonecare.com/?sc_cid=msn_hotmail 

********************************************************************** 
The NYCKayaker mailing list is hosted by www.rockandwater.net, and is a public service offered to the kayaking community by the Hudson River Watertrail Association. Learn more about HRWA at www.hrwa.org 

To unsubscribe or change delivery options: 
http://www.rockandwater.net/mailman/listinfo/nyckayaker 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.rockandwater.net/pipermail/nyckayaker/attachments/20061105/907171b5/attachment.html>