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EPA has extended the public comment period on its Draft Modification to General Electric’s Reissued RCRA Permit
EPA has extended the public comment period on its Draft Modification to General Electric’s Reissued RCRA Permit (also referred to as the Proposed Cleanup Plan for the Housatonic River Rest of River) through Monday, October 27, 2014. After receiving requests from several interested groups including municipalities and environmental groups in both Connecticut and Massachusetts, EPA decided to extend the comment period a second time. Please note that the public hearing will still be held on September 23, 2014 in the Duffin Theater at the Lenox Middle/High School at 6:30pm.
GE Housatonic River Project Documents Submitted to Repositories
Documents submitted to the Berkshire Athenaeum
Letter (with attachments) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Dean Tagliaferro (USEPA), August 4, 2014, Re: General Electric Company, Pittsfield, MA Facility’ East Street Area 2-North (GECD140); Demolition of Buildings 12T, 100A and 100B
Letter (with attached report) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Michael Gorski (MADEP), August 7, 2014, Re: July 2014 Monthly Status Report; GE Pittsfield ACO/MCP Activities
Letter (with attached report) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Dean Tagliaferro (USEPA) and Michael Gorski (MADEP), August 8, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; Monthly Status Report Pursuant to Consent Decree July 2014 (GECD900)
Letter (with attachment) from Dean Tagliaferro (USEPA) to Richard Gates (GE), August 13, 2014, Re: Conditional Approval of GE’s July 7, 2014 submittal titled Soil Cleanup Completion Letter for Recovery Well 17W Release, East street Area 2-South; GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site
Letter (with attachments) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Richard Fisher (USEPA), August 13, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; Building 71 and Hill 78 On-Plant Consolidation Areas (GECD210 & GECD220); Summary of Unscheduled Inspection Activities in July 2014
Letter (with attached report) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Richard Fisher (USEPA), August 15, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; Groundwater Management Area 1 (GECD310); NAPL Monitoring Report for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 Volumes I and II of II
Letter from Richard Fisher (USEPA) to Richard W. Gates (GE), August 28, 2014, Re: Approval of General Electric’s July 24, 2014 submittal titled Groundwater Management Area 2, Post-Certification Inspection Report for 2014, GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site
Letter from Richard Fisher (USEPA) to Richard W. Gates (GE), August 28, 2014, Re: Approval of General Electric’s July 24, 2014 submittal titled Groundwater Management Area 5, Post-Certification Inspection Report for 2014, GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site
Letter (with attached report) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Richard Fisher (USEPA), August 29, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; Groundwater Management Area 3, (GECD330); Groundwater Quality and NAPL Monitoring Interim Report for Spring 2014
Letter from Richard Fisher (USEPA) to Richard W. Gates (GE), September 4, 2014, Re: Conditional Approval of General Electric’s July 24, 2014 submittal titled On-Plant Consolidation Areas, Post-Closure Groundwater Monitoring Program, Monitoring Event Evaluation Report for Spring 2014, GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site
Letter from Richard Fisher (USEPA) to Richard W. Gates (GE), September 4, 2014, Re: Conditional Approval of General Electric’s July 31, 2014 submittal titled Groundwater Management Area 1, Baseline Assessment Final Report and Long-Term Monitoring Program Proposal, GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site
Letter (with attachments) from Kevin G. Mooney (GE) to Dean Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 5, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site, Pittsfield, MA; 1½ Mile Reach (GECD820); Summer 2014 Re-Vegetation Monitoring Inspection
Documents submitted to the Connecticut Repositories
Letter (with attached report) from Richard W. Gates (GE) to Dean Tagliaferro (USEPA) and Michael Gorski (MADEP), August 8, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site; Monthly Status Report Pursuant to Consent Decree July 2014 (GECD900)
Letter (with attachments) from Kevin G. Mooney (GE) to Dean Tagliaferro (USEPA), September 5, 2014, Re: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site, Pittsfield, MA; 1½ Mile Reach (GECD820); Summer 2014 Re-Vegetation Monitoring Inspection
Let’s Have a Party: Celebrate the Grassroots!
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund staff and board are inviting you, friends, neighbors and your grassroots group to an evening of fun, food and festive entertainment. Celebrate NEGEF’s outgoing executive director, Cheryl King Fischer, and welcome the new ED – all in the comfort of your living room!
Performances by Tem Blessed & Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul & Mary)
WHEN: Saturday, November 15th from 6-9 pm
WHAT: Seeds & Songs of Change – An intergenerational musical event featuring folk singer Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul and Mary and Tem Blessed, a Millennial spoken word/song writer from Boston, and his band.
WHERE: Virtually anywhere in New England where there is an internet connection. The concert will be live streamed from the David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee School of Music, Boston into living rooms and community spaces around the region.
WHY: Seeds & Songs for Change is a game changer for our grassroots community – a new kind of celebration that blends music, technology and grassroots organizing to celebrate, showcase & invigorate the power of New England’s environmental grassroots movement, explore social change music and give us all a chance to give forward and build up the Grassroots Fund’s grant pool to support next year’s grassroots groups needing help.
PLUS: This is a Time Out from all the serious organizing… The Grassroots Fund staff knows how hard volunteer activists work. Effective social change means having fun and recharging too. This evening is designed to do just that.
HOST A PARTY: Coordinate a Seeds & Songs of Change event in your living room or a community space. Make it a simple potluck gathering, or a rousing community concert. Invite only the members you know, or open it up to the larger community. Here’s your chance to have a little fun – and reward your fellow volunteers – without much work.
HOW TO HOST: Contact the Grassroots Fund office today. Send an email to callan@grassrootsfund.org. Get your crew excited… we are!!!
Click Here for a Quick Registration to Start Planning your Party!!!
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
PO Box 1057
Montpelier, VT 05601