The next Hudson Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 30th, 1-4pm (Saratoga Spa State Park, Gideon Putnam Room, Administration Building, 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY)
First, let’s remember that General Electric wants OUT of the dredging PROJECT - no ifs, ands or buts. GE would rather pay lobbyists, PR firms, lawyers and shareholders than see one thin dime used for cleaning up the toxic mess they made of the Hudson River.
Second, remember that the river will NOT clean itself and people who live along the Hudson have health problems related to the PCBs that will also NOT go away.
Next, a quick burst of reality in three parts as paraphrased from the Hudson CAG web site:
(1) As much as 1.3 million pounds of PCBs were discharged into the Hudson River by GE just from its plants in Hudson Falls and Fort Edward.
(2) The PCBs are still present in the river sediments.
(3) Only 40 miles of the Upper Hudson is currently slated for cleanup even though the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site is made up of nearly 200 miles of the Hudson River (from Hudson Falls to the Battery in New York City).
GE’s lawyers, lobbyists and hand puppets certainly appear to have been busy. Disgusting, isn’t it? - Hudson
The following is also from the Hudson River Community Advisory Group:
The Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site encompasses a nearly 200-mile stretch of the Hudson River (What about the other 160 miles of contaminated river? - Hudson) in eastern New York State from Hudson Falls, New York to the Battery in New York City and includes communities in fourteen New York counties and two counties in New Jersey. The site is divided into the Upper Hudson River, which runs from Hudson Falls to the Federal Dam at Troy (a distance of approximately 40 miles), and the Lower Hudson River, which runs from the Federal Dam at Troy to the southern tip of Manhattan at the Battery in New York City.
Community Advisory Groups (CAGs) are a community initiative and responsibility. CAGs are intended to provide a forum through which a broad and diverse sample of community needs and interests are represented.
The purpose of the CAG is to provide a way for members of communities and stakeholders to present and discuss their needs and concerns related to the site design and cleanup decision-making process. It offers EPA an opportunity to hear and consider community input on the design and impacts of the selected remedy.
While not a required community involvement activity, the presence of a CAG at a Superfund site can greatly enhance the community involvement process. Not only does it serve as a forum for the regular exchange of information between members of the community and EPA, an active CAG can help improve communication between community members.
The next Hudson CAG meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 30th, 1-4pm (Saratoga Spa State Park, Gideon Putnam Room, Administration Building, 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY)
Learn more here…
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