Rockland Water Coalition

ALBANY – A $750 million cleanup of the upper Hudson River is shut down temporarily months after its launch because PCBs kicked up by the dredging are drifting downstream.

At the earliest, dredging is expected to resume Tuesday. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it was notified by the General Electric Co. that water test results last week exceeded safety limits.

The EPA says possible actions include increased use of special silt curtains.

GE, which discharged wastewater containing PCBs into the Hudson before the substance was banned in 1977, is paying for and overseeing the work.

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