PCB Remedial Dredging: Phase 1 Results and Relevance to New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Monday, March 15, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green, Downtown Manhattan, NY
The Hudson River Foundation will be hosting a seminar on Monday, March 15, 2010, concerning Phase 1 of remedial dredging of the Hudson River PCBs SuperFund Site. Mr. Walter Mugdan, Director of the Emergency and Remedial Response Division at the Region 2 office of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will present a summary of the Phase 1 dredging operation, completed by the General Electric Company in October 2009, and EPA’s findings to date.
The upriver PCB issue is critically linked to past, present, and future conditions of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary. For example, the Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project (CARP) found that the Upper Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site is the dominant external source of PCBs to the Harbor Estuary. Additionally, through modeling, CARP concluded that if PCB loadings continue at current levels, sediments in most of the Harbor Estuary are likely to remain “contaminated” (by dredged material ocean disposal standards) even three decades from now. This seminar will provide important information about progress and decisions being made now that will impact future conditions in the Harbor Estuary.
Please join us on March 15, 2010 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (reception to follow) at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to learn more about the progress being made on the PCB remediation project.
RSVP with name, address, e-mail and phone number to:
info@hudsonriver.org or 212-483-7667
Seating is limited.
