On November 2, 2006, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York issued an order approving the consent decree with General Electric (GE) concerning the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site. The consent decree requires GE to construct a sediment processing/transfer facility in Fort Edward, New York, and to implement Phase 1 of the dredging remedy selected in EPAÂs February 1, 2002 Record of Decision (ROD) for the Site. GE constructed the sediment processing/transfer facility, and in 2009 the company performed the Phase 1 dredging. Phase 1 removed approximately 10 percent of the total volume of PCB-contaminated sediment targeted for dredging during the full cleanup project. The consent decree provides that following Phase 1, GE will have a fixed period of time in which to notify EPA as to whether the company will conduct Phase 2 - the remainder of the remedy - under the consent decree.
On March 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a Consent Decree Modification. The CD Modification adds provisions to the original Consent Decree which (i) require GE to pay the United States all costs incurred or to be incurred by EPA relating to the design and construction of a water supply line from Troy, New York, to provide the Towns of Waterford and Halfmoon with an alternate water supply during the Hudson River dredging project, and relating to EPAÂs design, construction and maintenance of a temporary granulated activated carbon system that will pro