GE/Housatonic River Site in New England
Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont & 10 Tribal Nations
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- March 7, 2006
Housatonic River 'Model Validation' Report Released for Public Review & Comment - February 8, 2006
Excavation Work to Resume in Pittsfield, Mass. at Newell Street Area II - December 7, 2005
EPA Soil Sampling at Allendale School Shows that Ongoing Protections are Working - October 18, 2005
Citizens Coordinating Council Meeting for GE/Pittsfield Project - September 15, 2005
New Investigations at GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site will Look for Additional Buried Drums - August 25, 2005
Public Meeting Scheduled in Pittsfield for Sept. 7 - June 14, 2005
Fish Tissue Results from Silver Lake in Pittsfield -
February 16, 2005
EPA Plans Public Comment Period on New Information in Final Human Health Risk Assessment for GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site - January 13, 2005
EPA and MADEP to Hold Public Meeting on Permit for General Electric Company - December 23, 2004
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has Released for Public Comment and Peer Review the Recently-completed Calibration Report for a Major Section of the Housatonic River in Massachusetts and Connecticut. -
December 3, 2004
EPA Extends Public Comment Period on New Information in Final Ecological Risk Assessment for GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site -
November 15, 2004
EPA Begins Public Comment Period on New Information in Final Ecological Risk Assessment for GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site -
June 17, 2004
EPA Plans Public Comment Period on New Information in Final Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments for GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site -
May 11, 2004
EPA to Hold Information Meeting on Cleanup of the 1½ Mile Reach of the Housatonic River -
July 11, 2003
EPA Seeks Public Comment: Releases Ecological Risk Assessment for GE Pittsfield / Housatonic River Site -
Winter/Spring 2002
Housatonic River Sampler, Volume 1, No. 1. (PDF) (7 pp, 1.2MB, about PDF) -
March 16, 2001
EPA Announces Experts Selected to Review Computer Model to Study the Housatonic River -
October 27, 2000
Federal Judge Approves Cleanup Plan for Housatonic River and Berkshire County -
October 16, 2000
EPA Announces Proposed Modeling Framework for Assessing Housatonic River Cleanup -
July 21, 2000
EPA and DOJ Request That Cleanup Agreement Receive Final Court Approval -
July 14, 2000
EPA Announces Cleanup Option for 1½-Mile Section of Housatonic River -
January 18, 2000
Comment Period for GE/Housatonic River Consent Decree Extended a Second Time -
January 18, 2000
EPA Hosts Commercial Lending Forum for the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site -
October 28, 1999
Public Comment Period for GE/Housatonic River Consent Decree Begins/Public Meetings Scheduled -
October 7, 1999
EPA, GE and Other Parties Finalize Consent Decree for PCB Cleanup in Pittsfield -
October 8, 1998
EPA and GE Finalize Details of Cleanup Agreement -
September 25, 1998
Statement of John P. DeVillars Concerning EPA/GE Negotiations -
September 11, 1998
EPA Sampling Efforts Gathering Steam in Pittsfield -
August 7, 1998
EPA Begins Second Round of Residential Sampling in Pittsfield Next Week -
June 4, 1998
EPA Announces Enforcement Order and Other Steps for PCB Cleanup of Housatonic River in Pittsfield; Re-Issues Invitation to Resume Negotiations -
April 6, 1998
EPA Launches Action Plan for Environmental and Economic Restoration of Pittsfield and Berkshire County -
July 8, 1997
General Electric to Remove Contaminated Soil and Sediments -
December 18, 1996
EPA and Mass. DEP Issue Order to GE to Cleanup a Portion of the Housatonic River; GE Agrees to Remove Polluted Sediments