In addition, there are nuisance impacts which the EPA has not addressed either. Many dairy and livestock operations located within the Hudson Valley may be adversely impacted by the noise, light vibration or other incidental impacts of the project. Production of milk and value of livestock could decrease under the stress of such a project, negatively affecting the profitability of many family farms. Our comments fill in the information gaps left out of the Feasibility Study. Our members located in the Hudson Valley are well equipped to comment on the probable impacts of the current proposal to the agricultural community.
Agriculture is a primary user of Hudson River water.
The project will still require the movement of machinery, materials and labor. This study, which the EPA commissioned, examined strategies for addressing PCB contaminated sediments. As of yet, the EPA has failed to do so. Quite simply, the EPA has not given our members or the public enough detailed information to reasonably provide comments on the Hudson River Dredging Project. Even the EPA has acknowledged that after completion of the dredging project, PCB s cannot be completely removed from the Hudson.