When Clearwater urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require General Electric (GE) to clean up the contamination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the Upper Hudson River, we promised those who supported the remediation that Clearwater would stay actively involved, monitor progress, and do everything in our power to assure the best possible outcome for the river and the people living in its watershed.
In keeping with this commitment, we have actively participated in the Community Advisory Group (CAG) on an ongoing basis. Clearwater is currently utilizing a $50,000 EPA Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) to help bring good science to answer questions from community members, municipal leaders, and the media and to address important issues and concerns.
Clearwater and our partners continue to monitor the progress along with any outstanding problems in the ongoing effort to assure a world-class clean-up of Hudson River PCBs. Click here for an overview and reports from the January 16, 2013 Hudson River PCB Forum – Project Update and Looking to the Future.
Hudson River PCB Information:
The PCB Community Resource Guide
Hudson River PCBs — Background and Site Information - EPA website
Hudson River PCB Pollution Timeline
Frequently Asked Questions about PCBs
What are the Human Health Effects of PCBs?
Anatomy of a Toxic Spill: The Hudson River PCB Story (Slide show)
Hudson River PCB Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) - Information for Community Advisory Group (CAG):
Hudson River Exceedance Phase II
May 5 – November 30, 2012
Community Advisory Group Hudson River PCBs Report
March 22, 2012
Community Advisory Group Hudson River PCBs Presentation
March 22, 2012
Phase II Monitoring Report and Updates-REVISED 12.19.11
Prepared by Environmental Stewardship Concepts, LLC for Community Advisory Group Meeting
December 19, 2011
Community Advisory Group Hudson River PCBS Presentation on Phase II Monitoring
December 8, 2011
Report to Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Regarding the Cleanup of Hudson River PCBs
October 5, 2011
PCB Surface Sediment Memo
September 21, 2011
Hudson River PCB Comments and Related Reading:
Joint Comments by Clearwater, NRDC, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson to Hudson River PCB Peer Review Panel on Phase 1 of the Remediation and EPA’s Addendum, with Recommendations for Phase 2; includes second Bohlen Report
May 17, 2010.
Joint Comments by Clearwater, NRDC, Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson to Hudson River PCB Peer Review Panel on Phase 1 of the Remediation, with Recommendations for Phase 2; includes Bohlen Report
April 26, 2010.
The Hudson River PCB Clean Up –The Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Manna Jo Greene, Clearwaters magazine, Summer 2008
Hudson River PCB Update
March 2006
Comment on USEPA Quality of Life Performance Standards for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site
EPA issues Final Record of Decision on Hudson River PCBs
Clearwater’s Public Comment on EPA’s Plan for Hudson River Clean Up
Statement of Ethics and Recommended Action from the PCB Colloquium
