1/19/2024 0 Comments Dredge reported![]() They'll continue working into November as we lay down clean sediment in the areas that were dredged, as clean sediment is used as a basis for replanting underwater vegetation for use as fish habitat and food sources. "Our crews dredged the final bucket of sediment at 5:55 P.M. Some 2.75 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment has been removed from a 40-mile stretch of river north of Albany. We met every obligation and commitment on this project. EPA called it 'the largest environmental dredging project ever in the United States,' and the completion they hailed as 'a historic achievement.' We brought the best of GE engineering and technology to the project, the size and scope of which had never been attempted before. GE spokesman Mark Behan: "The Hudson River Dredging Project really was an unprecedented environmental project and an engineering triumph, in our view. Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE discharged PCBs into the river decades ago during a time when they were used as coolants in electrical equipment. GE CEO Jeff Immelt said in a news release Monday that the company met every obligation so far under the massive $2 billion federal Superfund project. ![]() General Electric says it has completed its sixth and final year of dredging sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls from the upper Hudson River.
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