Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site
Sequence of Key Events
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Quality of Life
Performance Standards
2002:
•	Record of Decision (ROD)
(Feb. 2002)
•	Sediment sampling
Administrative Order
on Consent between EPA and
GE signed
•	Sediment sampling begins
•	Hudson River Field Office
opens in Ft. Edward, NY
2003:
•	Community Advisory Group
(CAG) Forms
•	Peer review of Engineering
Performance
Standards
•	Community Involvement
Plan (CIP)
•	Cultural and Archaeological
Resources Assessment
(CARA) Workplan
Hudson
River
2004:
•	Energy Park site in Fort Edward
selected as the
sediment processing and
dewatering location
•	Final Engineering Performance
Standards (EPS)
•	Final Quality of Life
Performance Standards
(QoLPS)
2006:
2009:	—
•	Consent Decree Modification
•	Community Health and Safety Plan Revision 2
•	Stillwater Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC)
system installation
•	Troy water line construction completed
•	Start of Phase 1 dredging (Spring 2009)
•	End of Phase 1 dredging (Fall 2009)
•	Community Involvement Plan (CIP) updated
•	Floodplain sampling
•	Community Health and Safety
Plan (CHASP) for cleanup
•	Consent Decree approved
2007:
• Processing and transportation facility
construction begins (Spring 2007)
-	Sediment dewatering building
-	Water treatment plant
-	Rail support building
2008:
•	Phase 2 dredge areas identified
•	EPA approves Phase 1 dredging design plan
•	Wharf and support marina construction
(Spring 2008)
•	Phase 2 Intermediate Design Report
submitted by GE
•	Troy water line construction begins (Fall 2008)
•	Floodplain sampling
2010:	
•	EPA and GE Phase 1 Evaluation Reports
•	Peer Review Meetings (Feb. and May)
•	Peer Review Report (September)
•	Habitat Reconstruction (May-July)
•	Phase 2 Design
•	Floodplain Sampling and IRMs
2011:
• Phase 2 underway

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