Some Housatonic River Advocates Question Whether Capping Toxins Will Stand Up Over Time
A stretch of the Housatonic River that, under an EPA proposal, would be dredged to remove PCBs. Credit: Nancy Eve Cohen / NEPR
Some Housatonic River advocates say they wish the EPA’s cleanup plan called for digging up more PCBs. This comes as the agency released its final plan Monday to remove toxins from the river.
The $613 million plan calls for removing and capping PCBs from the river bottom and floodplain.
A former General Electric factory in Pittsfield released PCBs into the river before Congress banned them in the 1970s because of their toxicity. GE is responsible for cleaning up the river and paying for it.