E.P.A. Extends Review Period for Suggested Cleanup Project for Housatonic River “Rest of River” - Public Hearing to be Held on Tuesday, Sept. 23

BOSTON - E.P.A. has scheduled a formal public hearing and is extending the public review period regarding its Outline Modification to General Electric's Reissued RCRA Permit (also referred to as the Suggested Cleanup Project for the Housatonic River Rest of River).

E.P.A. will hold a public hearing on the Outline Modification to the RCRA Permit on September 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School (Duffin Theater). In response to several requests for extension, public comments on the Outline Permit will also be accepted through October 1, 2014.

The Outline Modification to the RCRA Permit sets forth EPA's Suggested Remedial Action and Operation and Maintenance requirements for the Rest of River. The Rest of River begins at the confluence of the East and West branches of the Housatonic River in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and extends into Connecticut.

At the end of May, E.P.A. released its Statement of Basis for EPA's Suggested Remedial Action for the Housatonic River "Rest of River" and the associated Outline Modification to the RCRA Permit. Public Informational meetings were held on June 18 in Lenox, Massachusetts and June 24 in Kent, Connecticut.

Copies of the Statement of Basis and the Outline Modification to the RCRA Permit are accessible for review at, at the E.P.A. office in Boston, on the E.P.A. Region one website at http://www.epa.gov/region1/ge/proposedcleanupplan.html, and at local information repositories (see website for locations).

Additional information on the Rest of River can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/region1/ge/thesite/restofriver.html.

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