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Facility Siting
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Facility Siting Process Updates December 2004 update / HTML Version News Releases EPA Announces Change in Dredging Schedule for Hudson River PCBs Site EPA Selects Final Dewatering Sites for Use in Hudson River PCBs Cleanup |
In order to implement the cleanup of PCB-contaminated sediment in the Upper Hudson, EPA must locate and construct temporary facilities that will be used to transfer and remove the water from (dewater) the dredged sediment. Three main operations will occur at these facilities:
- transferring of dredged sediment from barges or pipelines to the facility;
- processing and dewatering of the sediment; and
- transferring the processed sediment to barge or rail for off-site disposal.
Documents
Final Facility Siting Report for the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site (December 2004)
Summary of
Public Comments and Responses to the Draft Facility Siting Report - Public
Review Copy (December 2004)
[PDF 230 KB, 50 pages]
This information was also used to complete the final step in the facility
siting process, the identification of the Selected Sites. EPA has selected
the Energy Park site in Fort Edward and the OG Real Estate site in Bethlehem
as the processing/transfer sites for use in the Hudson River PCBs site
cleanup.
Draft Facility Siting Report for
the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site (April 2004)
In December 2002, EPA began the facility site selection process by
focusing on industrial and/or commercial properties within a half-mile
of the river between the Hudson Falls Dam and the area just below the
Port of Albany. Locations within this area were evaluated using three
groups of criteria provided to the public in the Hudson River PCBs Site
Facility Siting Concept Document. In June 2003, EPA provided a public
update on the facility siting process that identified 24 preliminary candidate
sites retained for site-specific investigations. This was followed by
a September 2003 update that identified seven final candidate sites that
would undergo a detailed evaluation.
Facility
Siting Data Summary Report: Site-Specific Field Investigations of Final
Candidate Sites (Data Summary Report) (April 2004)
This document summarizes the findings of the field studies of each of
the seven Final Candidate Sites identified in September 2003. Field studies
were conducted as a component of the facility siting process for the Hudson
River PCBs Superfund site. Specifically, the field studies were conducted
to:
- Develop more detailed knowledge of site features and conditions in order to characterize each Final Candidate Site sufficiently;
- Identify and define the Group 3 site-specific siting criteria; and
- Evaluate and screen the Final Candidate Sites in order to select sites suitable for potential use as dewatering sites.
Technical Memorandum:
Identification of Preliminary Candidate Sites (June 2003)
Preliminary candidate sites are described in this document.
Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Facility
Siting Concept Document (December 2002)
The locations for the specialized facilities, which are a crucial part
of the cleanup, will be selected with review by the public using criteria
are described in this document.