PCB-contaminated soil and sediment along the Housatonic River in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Photo)
The Environmental Protection Agency has upheld a ruling requiring General Electric to remove toxic chemicals from Massachusetts’ Housatonic River.
According to an article on BerkshireEagle.com, the EPA rejected GE’s numerous objections and upheld the plan for a $613 million, 13-year cleanup of the river’s worst PCB hotspots between Fred Garner Park in Pittsfield and Woods Pond in Lenox.
The plan includes requiring GE to take the chemicals out of state to a licensed disposal facility. GE had wanted to create a local landfill in which to dump the PCBs.
Read about the EPA upholding a decision requiring GE to cleanup Massachusetts’ Housatonic River.