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Stakeholders Raise Concerns Over PCB Cleanup In Berkshires

Lucas Willard — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:13:28 +0000

Representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, General Electric, and the state governments of Connecticut and Massachusetts, recently met with stakeholders to provide updates on the cleanup plan for removing PCB’s from the Housatonic River and Silver Lake in Pittsfield.

At an EPA Housatonic River Citizens Coordinating Council meeting at the Lenox Library Wednesday evening, community stakeholders raised concerns over information presented on a status update of the cleanup project at Silver Lake in Pittsfield.

GE Agrees to Analyze Risks from Additional Hudson River PCBs

Allison Dunne — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:01:25 +0000

General Electric has agreed to analyze its potential liability in relation to recently-discovered PCBs in the upper Hudson River. GE will soon resume its remediation of PCBs it discharged into the Hudson decades ago, and at least one environmental group hopes the company will incorporate the additional dredging this year.

GE to study Hudson River cleanup expansion

Dave Lucas — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:05:19 +0000

General Electric Co. says it will study a possible expansion of its PCB cleanup of the upper Hudson River after a request by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

GE, which released poly-chlorinated biphenyls into the river decades ago, is preparing for a fourth season of dredging as part of a federal Superfund project. But DiNapoli says Monday that GE could potentially be found liable for contamination outside the Superfund site and filed a shareholder resolution calling on the company to evaluate its risks.

Government Officials Work Toward a Settlement for a Restoration Plan

Allison Dunne — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:32:10 +0000

The Hudson River PCB-cleanup project is about halfway through, and both governmental officials as well as environmental advocates provided an update on the Superfund project Wednesday. What has not yet begun is a project to restore the Hudson River’s natural resources, including fish and wildlife, but planning for the restoration is underway.

Morning headlines with Mike Spain of the Albany Times-Union

David Guistina — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:06:17 +0000

WAMC's David Guistina gets the morning headlines from Mike Spain, associate editor of the Albany Times-Union.