Re: [CPEO-BIF] Brownfields Digest, Vol 61, Issue 24

["Dave Newman" <dave@nycosh.org>]

Another example of a natural waterway Superfund site is New York's
Hudson River, heavily contaminated with PCBs produced and dumped by GE,
and the subject of a multi-decade legal battle that delayed the start of
cleanup until very recently.

Dave Newman
New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH)
116 John Street, Suite 604
New York, NY 10038
212-227-6440 x 16
dave@nycosh.org
www.nycosh.org


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rich
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:51 PM
To: brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
Subject: Re: [CPEO-BIF] Brownfields Digest, Vol 61, Issue 24

We are not talking about a river in Cleveland catching on fire.  How can
a
natural waterway be classified as a Federal NPL Superfund Site?  In
reality,
it is subject to varying QW over the years.  What cleanup objectives
would
apply.  It is not an "inactive hazardous waste site.."  and surely one
could
not have it qualify by any sort of rating system - as originally
utilized to
qualify the initial sites listed on the NPL back in the 80s.  It
obviously
also would not qualify as a 'brownfield' by definition.   I think,
constructively, and quite effectively,  we would need to simply enforce
the
Clean Water Act at Gowanus, since enforcement of it nationwide has been
so
lax for many, many years.  

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