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EPA rejects GE's PCB Clean-Up Proposal.

By Carrie Saldo

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-494742.mp3

Pittsfield, MA – The federal government has rejected goals developed by General Electric for cleaning the PCB contaminated portion of the Housatonic River south of Pittsfield. GE is also facing a challenge from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on its plans to remove PCBs from the upper Hudson River. WAMC's Carrie Saldo has the latest from Berkshire County: