has so far declined to take responsibility for the effort.Ĭompany officials have repeatedly said the river’s recovery will be sufficient after the current dredging project is completed. Clean-up costs could reach $180 million and G.E. Left unsettled is the clean-up of the Champlain Canal, a 60-mile, PCB-infested body of water that runs from Lake Champlain to the Hudson. “From the beginning, G.E.’s goal has been to conduct the project as safely and effectively as possible, while achieving E.P.A.’s cleanup goals and minimizing the impact on the river and local communities to the greatest possible extent,” Behan said in a statement. spokesman Mark Behan said the company was conducting regular monitoring of environmental conditions in the upper Hudson and will continue major clean-ups at its Hudson Falls and Fort Edward plant sites. would study polychlorinated biphenyls in flood plains along both sides of the stretch now being dredged.Ī report released last month by The Hudson River Natural Resources Trustees found that the public’s use of recreational and commercial fisheries continues to be “severely curtailed” because of the PCBs dumped into the Hudson by G.E. Though the dredging is ending, the clean-up of the Hudson River isn’t. “The massive amount of PCBs that have finally been removed from this treasured river is a tremendous accomplishment that will benefit the communities along the Hudson River for generations to come.” regional administrator Judith Enck said Thursday. “The Hudson River has been damaged by a toxic legacy that this federal Superfund cleanup is addressing,” E.P.A.
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