N.Y. Attorney General Says Hudson River Cleanup Incomplete, Urges More Steps

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency shouldn't issue a certificate of completion to General Electric Co. for its work dredging polychlorinated biphe-nyls from the Hudson River until additional steps are taken to ensure that the remedial work was effective, according to a letter from the office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) released Sept. 19. The letter said granting GE the certificate of completion would create a legal covenant that releases GE from additional liability in the project. Schneiderman is joining the chorus of environmental groups, New York state regulators and others who have urged EPA to require additional remedial work on the river. EPA is undertaking a five-year review of the Super-fund project, which was virtually complete in October 2015. The review is scheduled to be complete in April 2017.