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EPA Hudson dredge review leads to criticism

Enviro Groups: Hudson’s First Five-Year Review is Lacking

Leading environmental groups were disappointed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency release of the first “Five-Year Review” of the Hudson River Superfund PCB remediation project this week, following a truncated process that bypassed the ordinary opportunities for input from other expert agencies.

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Enviro Groups Welcome Mandatory EPA Checkup on Hudson River PCB Cleanup

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Julia Church, Clearwater, 845 265 8080, ext. 7112, or [email protected] Kate Slusark, Natural Resources Defense Council, 212 727 4592; [email protected] Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, 914 478 4501, Ext. 239; [email protected] Jay Burgess, Scenic Hudson, 845 473 4440, Ext. 222, or [email protected] Five-Year Review has potential to ensure the most effective cleanup Capital Region/Hudson Valley — March 29, 2012 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that, while the Hudson River cleanup continues this year, the agency will simultaneously perform a necessary evaluation to determine just how […]

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USA: 5.7 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Dumped into New York’s Waterways, Report Says

EXCLUSIVE: DEC data analysis: Last year’s floods sent PCBs down the Hudson

Hudson River “Dredge Report”

Gowanus Canal To Feature ‘Sponge Park’ Green Infrastructure

Riverkeeper Provides Additional Insight into EPA Feasibility Study for Cleanup of Gowanus Canal

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Member of the Gowanus Community Advisory Group and Technical/Water Quality sub-committee will comment at January 24th meeting about additional areas critical to providing a full-scale remediation

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Cleaning up Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal—the right way

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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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An Oil spill… in Queens