EPA Reaffirms Plan For Off-Site Disposal Of Housatonic River Sediment

EPA has issued a final cleanup remedy decision for a 125-mile stretch of the Housatonic River, a large contaminated sediment site in Massachusetts, that reaffirms the agency's plan to dispose of excavated polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment off-site despite opposition from potentially responsible party General Electric (GE). A statement issued by GE in response to the plan says the company is currently reviewing the plan and sees "shortcomings" in it that GE wants to resolve. The statement says the company will...