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Informal Public Input Period on General Electric Company's Work Plan for Evaluation of Additional Remedial Alternatives for the Rest of River portion of the Housatonic River
The public input period has closed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing an extension until Friday, October 23, 2009 for the Informal Public Input Period on General Electric Company's Work Plan for Evaluation of Additional Remedial Alternatives for the Rest of River portion of the Housatonic River. The Work Plan was submitted as an addendum to GE's Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Proposal for the Rest of River.

EPA will accept informal public comments through Friday, October 23, 2009. The Work Plan is available here (PDF) (84 pp, 28.2MB).

Comments may be submitted to me by mail, email or fax:

Jim Murphy (murphy.jim@epa.gov), EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
c/o Weston Solutions
10 Lyman Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a 30-day Informal Public Input Period on General Electric Company's Work Plan for Evaluation of Additional Remedial Alternatives for the Rest of River portion of the Housatonic River. The Work Plan was submitted as an addendum to GE's Corrective Measures Study (CMS) Proposal for the Rest of River.

EPA will accept informal public comments beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2009 through Wednesday, October 7, 2009. The Work Plan will be available on the EPA website by the end of the day tomorrow, in advance of the start of the public input period.

Comments may be submitted to me by mail, email or fax:

Jim Murphy (murphy.jim@epa.gov), EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
c/o Weston Solutions
10 Lyman Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Letter (with enclosure) from Silfer (GE) to Svirsky (USEPA), August 31, 2009, Re: Rest of River Work Plan for Evaluation of Additional Remedial Alternative (PDF) (84 pp, 28.2MB)

NPDES/General Electric Public Notice

As a result of several requests from the public, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending the Informal Public Input Period on GE's Response to EPA's comments on GE's Corrective Measures Study (CMS) for the Housatonic River Site, Rest of River. EPA will accept public comments through May 11, 2009.

Comments may be submitted to me by mail, email or fax:

Jim Murphy (murphy.jim@epa.gov), EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
c/o Weston Solutions
10 Lyman Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

GE's Response to EPA's comments on the CMS Report is on the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/region1/ge/thesite/restofriver-reports.html#CMS, under
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Proposed 1½ Mile Berkshire Gas Settlement Agreement
Comment Period: November 19 - December 19, 2008
Public Meeting: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
The 1½ Mile Reach/Berkshire gas settlement is closed and there are no new public comment periods.

The U.S. Department of Justice is announcing a 30-day public comment period. The proposed Consent Decree provides that Berkshire Gas is entitled to contribution protection as provided by Section 113(f)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2) for matters addressed by the Consent Decree.

Comments should be:

addressed to:
the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530
reference: United States v. The Berkshire Gas Company, (D. MA.), Civ. No. 8-CV- 30218, D.J. No. 90-11-3-09166.

Comments may be sent by:

e-mail to: pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
delievery mail to: P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611

Corrective Measures Study (CMS), March 2008
The public input period has closed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a 30-day extension to the Informal Public Input Period on GE's Corrective Measures Study (CMS) for the Housatonic River Site, Rest of River. EPA will now accept public comments through May 20, 2008. The public input period opened on March 22, 2008

The CMS is available on EPA's website. The report is located in the Rest of River section under GE Reports/Documents. The direct link is: http://www.epa.gov/region1/ge/thesite/restofriver/reports/cms/283374_CMS_Report.pdf (722 pp, 3.6MB) (Approximate file size of all linked files: 295MB. Section 6 Figures: 195MB)

The CMS includes GE's recommendations on which alternatives the company believes best meet the objectives and criteria specified for the Rest of River project. EPA has started a review of GE's CMS and will be accepting comments from the CCC and the general public as well as from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, and other interested organizations and individuals.

Comments may be submitted to:

Susan Svirsky (svirsky.susan@epa.gov), EPA Rest of River Project Manager
c/o Weston Solutions
10 Lyman Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

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