NRDC Press Archive: Environmentalists Applaud EPA Hudson River Clean-Up Decision
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Longtime Debate Ends as EPA Approves Plan to Dredge PCB Contaminants From Hudson Riverbed
NEW YORK (August 1, 2001) - Friends of a Clean Hudson, a coalition of more than a dozen national, state and local environmental groups, applauds Administrator Whitman's decision to uphold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plans for a full Hudson River PCB cleanup. The announcement marks a huge victory for the Hudson River and the millions of New Yorkers and their families who live and recreate along its shores....
Elected officials also were energetically praised for applying pressure where and when it was needed. Those specifically cited included: Gov. George E. Pataki, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Comptroller H. Carl McCall, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty, Senator Hillary Clinton, other members of the New York and New Jersey congressional delegation, Acting New Jersey Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco, and the 69 Hudson Valley municipalities that passed pro-dredging resolutions.
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NEW YORK (August 1, 2001) - Friends of a Clean Hudson, a coalition of more than a dozen national, state and local environmental groups, applauds Administrator Whitman's decision to uphold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plans for a full Hudson River PCB cleanup. The announcement marks a huge victory for the Hudson River and the millions of New Yorkers and their families who live and recreate along its shores....
Elected officials also were energetically praised for applying pressure where and when it was needed. Those specifically cited included: Gov. George E. Pataki, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Comptroller H. Carl McCall, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty, Senator Hillary Clinton, other members of the New York and New Jersey congressional delegation, Acting New Jersey Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco, and the 69 Hudson Valley municipalities that passed pro-dredging resolutions.
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