The EPA said it found that poor sampling underestimated the extent of pollution, including the depth of it in some places, meaning dredgers didn't go deep enough the first time around and had to make multiple passes. The goal is to remove as much tainted sludge as possible from a 40-mile stretch of the river north of Albany, one of the nation's largest Superfund sites. "That's the major disappointment.''Īfter reviewing data from the first round of dredging done in 2009, the EPA said it learned lessons it will apply to the second phase of the project. "There will still be some level of PCBs under that cap,'' said Ned Sullivan of the environmental advocacy group Scenic Hudson. When those trouble spots are included, the new standards mean up to 21 percent of the area could be capped.
(AP) - General Electric must remove more PCB-tainted sediment from the Hudson River and will have to take better samples of the river bottom when it resumes dredging in the spring, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.Įnvironmental groups said the new standards will ultimately mean a cleaner river but criticized the EPA for allowing GE to cap - or, leave covered-over PCBs in the river - up to 11 percent of the total project area, not counting rocky or other hard-to-reach areas.
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