EPA New England Press Releases

COMMENT PERIOD FOR GE/HOUSATONIC RIVER CONSENT DECREE EXTENDED A SECOND TIME

Contact: Peyton Fleming, EPA Press Office (617-918-1008)

For immediate release: January 18, 2000; Release # 00-01-09

BOSTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a second 30-day extension to the public comment period for the recently lodged Consent Decree for the General Electric Company facility in Pittsfield. The comment period has been extended to Feb. 23, 2000. The comment period began on Oct. 26, 1999.

In an effort to make the Consent Decree widely available to the public, it is posted on EPA's web site at www.epa.gov/region01/ge. Hard copies of the Consent Decree as well as other materials related to the settlement are available for review at the following locations:

Berkshire County Locations:

• Berkshire County Chamber of Commerce, Pittsfield
• Lenox Public Library, Lenox
• Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington
• Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission, Pittsfield
• Berkshire Athenaeum Public Library, Pittsfield

Connecticut Locations:

• Housatonic Valley Association, 150 Kent Rd., Cornwall Bridge
• Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street, Litchfield
• Kent Library, 32 North Main Street, Kent
• Cornwall Library, Pine Street, Cornwall

Send your comments on the Consent Decree and the reissued RCRA permit to:

Bryan Olson U.S. EPA, One Congress St. (HBT), Boston MA 02114

and to:

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044. Include: DJ #: 90-11-3-1479, 90-11-3-1479Z.

 

1. TITLE: COMMENT PERIOD FOR GE/HOUSATONIC RIVER CONSENT DECREE EXTENDED A SECOND TIME

2. ABSTRACT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a second 30-day extension to the public comment period for the recently lodged Consent Decree for the General Electric Company facility in Pittsfield. The comment period has been extended to Feb. 23, 2000. The comment period began on Oct. 26, 1999.

3. PURPOSE: Public Information

4. ORIGINATOR: Regional Administrator's Office

5. PUBLICATION DATE: 01/18/2000

6. ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: N/A

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9. TIME PERIOD OF COVERAGE: N/A

10. POINT OF CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
    Peyton Fleming
    EPA Press Office
    EPA Region 1, New England
    JFK Kennedy Building (RAA)
    Boston, MA 02203
    617-918-1064

11. RESPONSIBLE PARTY:
    Peyton Fleming
    EPA Press Office

12. DATE OF CREATION: 01/18/2000

13. AGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: N/A

14. EXPIRATION DATE: 02/18/2000