Contaminated Sites - Latest Developments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 16, 2012 Contact: Julia Church, Clearwater, 845 265 8080 Ext. 7112; [email protected] Kate Slusark, NRDC, 212 727 4592; [email protected] Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, 914 478 4501, Ext. 239; [email protected] Jay Burgess, Scenic Hudson, 845 473 4440, Ext. 222; [email protected] Powerful public health and economic gains achievable with modest changes to cleanup in 2013 CAPITAL REGION/HUDSON VALLEY — As General Electric wraps up its Hudson River dredging project for the year, a report that shows the process is effectively removing toxic PCB pollution and highlights the need to […]

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It took nearly 150 years of neglect for the Gowanus Canal to earn the distinction as one of the nation's most extensively polluted waterways. It will take years of complicated effort to clean it.

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For several years, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been aerating English Kills, the most polluted section of Newtown Creek, in order to increase oxygen levels to acceptable standards, which is crucial to a water body’s health. Soon, the city plans to expand this process throughout the rest of the creek.

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Following last year’s investigation, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cleanup options for the Gowanus Canal that would finally give Brooklyn residents their waterway back.

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Last month, the EPA issued national guidance recommending that schools take steps to reduce potential exposures to PCBs from older fluorescent lighting fixtures, as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to address potential PCB exposures in schools. And, at the December Hudson River Community Advisory Group meeting, the Department of Health (DOH) made a presentation (LINK) on new research assessing the toxic impacts of PCBs in older residents living in communities along the Hudson.

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GE announced today that it will perform the Phase 2 cleanup as recently set forward by the EPA.

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This week marked a significant moment in history when Riverkeeper joined Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in announcing a landmark settlement against ExxonMobil that holds the company responsible for cleaning up between 17 and 30 million gallons of oil that were spilled and leaked from its refinery and storage facilities into the soil and groundwater in Greenpoint, Brooklyn since the 1970s. These petroleum discharges formed an over 50 acre underground petroleum plume that underlies local businesses and a residential section of Greenpoint. The contamination has also been leaching into Newtown Creek […]

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Riverkeeper, along with Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Natural Resources Defense Council and Scenic Hudson, have submitted a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson requesting a meeting to discuss GE’s latest bid for additional postponements to the PCB cleanup project.

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https://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/stop-polluters/contaminated-sites/ge-full-cleanup-hudson/

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