![]() ![]() The agency also issued GE a certification that the PCB cleanup was conducted properly, which environmentalists say lets the company off the hook. ![]() Officials say they need more time to determine whether GE's dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River was thorough enough to protect human health. The EPA will begin studying PCB pollution in the lower 160 miles of the Hudson in places like Poughkeepsie, Westchester and Rockland counties and the shores of New Jersey, although no timeline was given Thursday, agency officials said. Andrew Cuomo to say hours later that he will sue the agency for failing to hold GE accountable.Įven after GE's cleanup in recent years, more than two-thirds of the 1.3 million pounds of PCBs dumped by the company remain in the Hudson - pollution that stretches 200 miles south to NewYork Harbor and the riverfront towns of New Jersey. Environmental Protection Agency prompted New York Gov. ![]() will not be forced to continue dredging toxic PCBs from the upper Hudson River unless additional studies show that the company’s $1.7 billion cleanup failed to make the river significantly cleaner, federal officials announced Thursday. Watch Video: Video: The economic impact of PCB pollution of the Hudson River ![]()
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