![]() ![]() ![]() 133 acres of aquatic vegetation (submerged and floating) were dredged.Wetlands also contribute to flood resiliency, sediment stability, and carbon and nutrients within the aquatic food web. ![]() Wetlands are habitat for fish, frogs, reptiles, mammals, and birds, including waterfowl. Dredging and subsequent capping and/or backfilling of the Hudson River, harmed the following habitats: 30 acres of wetlands along the river were destroyed.The Trustees used GE’s technical documents to examine the impact of remedial work on vegetated habitats in those areas and results of Trustee sponsored surveys of freshwater mussels. General Electric conducted the remedial dredging between 20. Environmental Protection Agency, General Electric was required to dredge about 500 acres of PCB-contaminated sediment from 40 miles of the Hudson River between Fort Edward and Troy, New York. Over time, PCBs contaminated nearly 200 miles of the Hudson River and beyond into New York/New Jersey Harbor, making it the country's largest Superfund site. The Trustees determined that dredging to remove polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the upper Hudson River between Fort Edwards and the Federal Dam at Troy caused injuries to natural resources such as wetlands, aquatic vegetation beds, freshwater mussels, and shoreline trees.īeginning in 1947 and continuing for approximately 30 years, General Electric used and released millions of pounds of PCBs into the upper Hudson River. The Natural Resource Trustees for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site in New York have released a Remedial Injury Determination Report. ![]()
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