The Attorney General s Office strongly supports the United States Environmental Protection Agency s decision to dredge sediments from the most contaminated areas of the Hudson River. Fish throughout the Hudson River, from Hudson Falls to the Battery, are contaminated with PCBs.
Wildlife is contaminated.
Humans are exposed and are also contaminated with PCBs. It is time to address that problem. We applaud EPA Administrator Carol Browner and the staff of EPA Region 2 for the care and thoroughness they exhibited in reaching this conclusion. And we applaud DEC Commissioner John Cahill and his staff for the time and effort they have expended in studying the River and reviewing EPA s proposal. Congress made a decision 20 years ago, and has repeatedly re-affirmed it since then, that there is a compelling need to clean up toxic waste sites.