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Advocates who want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to order crews back on the river are expected in Poughkeepsie Wednesday evening as the agency holds a public hearing on its review of the Superfund project.The EPA’s five-year review, released June 1, is the latest flashpoint related to General Electric’s cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyl it discharged in the river until the mid-1970s. PCBs were used as coolants and lubricants in electrical equipment. They are a probable carcinogen and were banned in 1977.The EPA review doesn’t order more cleanup, but the agency is careful to say that’s not a final decision.Advertisement• • •Here’s a look at what’s at stake and what could happen in the wake of GE’s six-year cleanup.DID THE CLEANUP WORK?Boston-based GE removed 2.75 million cubic yards of sediment from a 40-mile stretch of the river north of Albany under a Superfund agreement with the EPA. The PCB contamination in the river was worse than initially thoughtm and crews ended up removing additional sediment.Still, at least 35 percent of the PCBs weren’t removed, according to New York state environmental officials. Many environmental groups and New York elected officials have pushe... (The Daily Freeman)
