Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site CAG Meeting

When:

September 14, 2022: 1:00PM to 4:00PM

Where:

Virtual Meeting, Registration Required

To Attend:

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The next meeting of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 1pm.

Additional meeting details will be posted soon or check the CAG website for more information >

Site Background
For 30 years ending in the late 1970s, the General Electric Company (GE) discharged an estimated 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the Hudson River from its capacitor manufacturing plants in Hudson Falls and Fort Edward, New York. The PCBs remain in the river sediment, water, fish and wildlife.

The Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site encompasses a nearly 200-mile stretch of the Hudson River in eastern New York State from Hudson Falls, New York to the Battery in New York City and includes communities in fourteen New York counties and two counties in New Jersey. The site is divided into the Upper Hudson River, which runs from Hudson Falls to the Federal Dam at Troy (a distance of approximately 40 miles), and the Lower Hudson River, which runs from the Federal Dam at Troy to the southern tip of Manhattan at the Battery in New York City.

The purpose of the CAG is to provide a way for members of communities and stakeholders to present and discuss their needs and concerns related to the site design and cleanup decision-making process. It offers EPA an opportunity to hear and consider community input on the design and impacts of the selected remedy.