ALBANY -- Crews dredging PCBs from the upper Hudson River surpassed the year-end production goal set by federal regulators despite delays due to heavy rains and high water.
General Electric Co. reports that it removed more than 363,000 cubic yards of sediment from the river this year before wrapping up dredging for the season on Nov. 8. The Environmental Protection Agency, which is overseeing the Superfund project, had set a goal of removing 350,000 cubic yards in the second year of dredging.
EPA administrators said they also were pleased that this year's changes in the dredging operation designed to reduce the amount of PCBs kicked up in the water -- so-called resuspension -- appear to be working.
"It was a very good year, and the early fears about resuspension turned out to be largely unfounded," said EPA regional administrator Judith Enck.
-- Associated Press
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