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HRI believes we need to achieve the best possible PCB clean up in the Housatonic River as possible.

The “rest of river” area has some of the highest PCB levels in sediment, fish, and waterfowl in the country!

PCBs are one of the most pervasive chemicals in the world’s food chain.

The EPA may be here to clean up only once at this point in history.

EPA has used landfilling at many sites as a final decision for disposal. In Pittsfield they are landfilling PCB next to an elementary school in a residential neighborhood. HRI believes this was a major failure in the first EPA decision . You don’t dump chemicals near children!

Treatment technologies exist to reduce PCB levels so as to minimize or not landfill at all. Any landfill must be only a temporary measure.

The Proposal for the Corrective Measures Study, public comments, EPA’s conditional approval letter and other “rest of river” reports can be viewed GE/Housatonic River Site in New England website.

TIME LINE

In March of this year the Actual Corrective Measures Study will be released for public comment.

• GE Submits CMS - March 21, 2008
• EPA Begins Informal Public Input Period - March 22, 2008
• Presentation of CMS - MA and CT - CCC Meetings- March 26 and 27, 2008

Form EPA Corrective Measures Fact Sheet

Evaluation of Cleanup Alternatives Underway for the GE/Housatonic River Site, Rest of River.

Under its legal agreement with EPA, General Electric is currently evaluating potential cleanup alternatives for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) released from the GE facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to the Housatonic River/Rest of River.

The Rest of River extends from the Confluence of the East and West Branches in Pittsfield to the Derby-Shelton Dam in Connecticut. Upon completion of the evaluation, GE will submit for EPA’s review and approval a Corrective Measures Study (CMS) documenting this work, including GE’s preferred cleanup plan. EPA will follow the process outlined in this Fact Sheet and make the final remedy selection decision.

This fact sheet summarizes the CMS process, the alternatives and technologies being evaluated, the evaluation criteria that will be used by EPA to select a cleanup plan, and the opportunities for public input to the process.Copies of the CMS Proposal and other Rest of River documents are available for public review on EPA’s website - www.epa.gov/ne/ge.

Download PDF: Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Process Fact Sheet Housatonic River “Rest of River, October 2007

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