Housatonic River
Housatonic River Workshops

EPA, Massachusetts and Connecticut Host Public Meetings on Housatonic River Status

EPA and the states have been working cooperatively for the last several months to discuss potential approaches to clean up the Rest of River portion of the Housatonic River contaminated with pollutants from General Electric’s former Pittsfield, Mass. facility. These discussions have focused, in part, on the need to address the risks from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to humans, fish, wildlife and other organisms while avoiding, mitigating or minimizing the impacts of the clean up on the unique ecological character of the Housatonic River.

Prior to the meetings, EPA and the states released a document called the “Status Report of Preliminary Discussions of Potential Remediation Approaches to the GE-Housatonic River Site “Rest of River” PCB Contamination.” This summary document, which recognizes that no remedy decisions have yet been made, reflects the current status of EPA and the states’ efforts to discuss and identify potential remedial approaches for the Rest of River in light of their shared goals and interests. This summary report is available on EPA’s Housatonic River website Potential Remediation Approaches to the GE-PittsfieldHousatonic River Site “Rest of River” PCB Contamination.

The first Connecticut meeting was held on Wednesday evening, May 23, 2012 at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, 246 Warren Turnpike Road, Falls Village, Conn. The video for this meeting can be viewed by selecting the following link Housatonic River Status Meeting held on May 23, 2012, Falls Village, Connecticut.

The second Connecticut meeting was held on Tuesday evening, June 12, 2012 at New Milford High School, 388 Danbury Road, New Milford, Conn. The video for this meeting can be viewed by selecting the following link Housatonic River Status Meeting held on June 12, 2012, New Milford, Connecticut.

The first Massachusetts meeting was held on Thursday evening, May 24, 2012 at the Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, Mass. . The video for this meeting can be viewed by selecting the following link Housatonic River Status Meeting held on May 24, 2012, Lenox, Massachusetts.

The second Massachusetts meeting was held on Wednesday evening, June 13, 2012 at the Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, Mass. . The video for this meeting can be viewed by selecting the following link Housatonic River Status Meeting held on June 13, 2012, Lenox, Massachusetts.