GE and PCBs

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	From 1932 to 1977, the General Electric Company (GE) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts used PCBs, a man-made toxic chemical, in the manufacture of its transformers. Now PCBs are found in high levels throughout the extensive GE site in Pittsfield, throughout the City of Pittsfield itself, and in the Housatonic River from Pittsfield to Long Island Sound.

GE's Silver Lake capping project sends sediment into Housatonic River

Meetings - Citizens Coordinating Council open to the public
This group meets to hear what GE/EPA/DEP have been doing and to ask questions and get answers. BEAT has a "seat at the table". These meetings are open to the public and we urge you to attend. Citizen input continues to make a difference in how GE will be forced to remediate their mess.

Rest of the Housatonic River - Pittsfield, MA through most of Connecticut

GE Newell Street Area II Barrel Field

Allendale Elementary School
right next to two toxic waste dumps

Hill 78 & Building 71 - Toxic Dumps

Dorothy Amos Park and the WEST Branch of the Housatonic River

The Rose Superfund Site in Lanesborough

Questions about GE Monthly Reports

GE NPDES draft permit

GE Restriction on PEDA Site

Restoration Planning Strategy for the Housatonic River Watershed in Mass.

Outside Links:
Housatonic River Initiative	HRI has been the leader in getting GE to clean its PCBs from Pittsfield and the Housatonic River.
The EPA's GE/Housatonic River Site
	EPA/GE/Housatonic Public Meetings
	EPA/GE/Housatonic official Public Comment Periods
Consent Decree

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