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Hudson dredging will start up again

Work to remove PCBs near Fort Edward expected to begin on Wednesday

Associated Press

Published 11:50 p.m., Tuesday, May 8, 2012

FORT EDWARD — Crews are set to begin a third year of dredging PCBs from the upper Hudson River.

General Electric Co. officials said Tuesday that dredging will begin Wednesday if weather permits with a single dredge about 40 miles north of Albany. Work will ramp up over the next few weeks.

GE released poly-chlorinated biphenyls into the river decades ago and is in the middle of a Superfund cleanup that could cost more than $1 billion. It is expected to take four or more years to remove the remaining 2 million cubic yards of sediment from the river bottom.

PCBs, once used as coolants in electrical equipment, are a suspected carcinogen.

Heavy rains and high water delayed the start of dredging last spring.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Hudson-dredging-will-start-up-again-3544381.php#ixzz1uZkMEhVm