For Immediate Release: Oct.

1, 2015

GE Preparing to Complete Hudson Dredging Project

EPA calls project enormously successful
Within days, GE will finish removing the majority of PCBs from the Upper Hudson
River in one of the largest and most successful cleanups ever undertaken in the
United States.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which ordered and has overseen every
aspect of the project, has pronounced it enormously successful and a national
model.
But some environmental groups and agencies say the unprecedented project was
not sufficient. They want significantly more environmental dredging beyond what
EPA ordered. Three times EPA has considered their request. Three times EPA has
rejected it.
GE did not determine the size and scope of this project. The companys
responsibility was to conduct the project EPA selected and we have done so
exceptionally well.
EPA has determined no further dredging is necessary because the dredging project
is achieving the goals of protecting public health and the environment.
Beyond more environmental dredging, some also are demanding navigational
dredging to deepen the river for very large boats. Navigational dredging has never
been part of the environmental dredging project.
GE made a public commitment in 2002 to conduct the environmental dredging
project as safely and effectively as possible. We assembled a world-class team of
environmental engineers and dredging experts and applied next-generation
technology to meticulously plan and conduct every aspect of the project. Our crews
dredged around the clock for six months of the year for six years and
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coordinated closely with local communities and elected officials to minimize impacts.
GE has invested more than $1 billion and met every commitment to EPA.
We have kept our word.
We share the goal of a cleaner Hudson River, and though this particular phase of
our work will soon come to a close, our cleanup efforts will continue, with a focus on
the floodplains along the Upper Hudson, the continuing cleanups of our Hudson
Falls and Fort Edward plant sites, and monitoring environmental conditions in the
river. We look forward to bringing the same standard of excellence to the next phase
of our work.

For More Information:

Mark Behan
mark.behan@behancom.com
(518) 792-3856
www.hudsondredging.com