Community Groups Say EPA Is ‘Failing’ Hudson River PCB Cleanup Goals

Multiple community groups are pushing EPA to tighten its timeline for the long-running Superfund cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) in the Hudson River, ahead of the agency’s release of a new draft review that will guide the massive project over the next five years. During a Nov. 14 online briefing on the Superfund remediation project, organized by citizen organizations in the region, speakers charged that the agency is ignoring its own target for reducing contamination at the site, and appears...