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GE applauds the work of the seven independent scientists who evaluated the first phase of the Hudson River dredging project. We agree with the unanimous conclusion in their draft report that the performance standards established by EPA to govern the dredging project could not be met in Phase 1 and cannot be met in Phase 2 without significant changes.

GE reports that it spent $560.9 million to conduct the first phase of the Hudson River dredging project. This brings to $830 million the amount that GE has spent on Hudson River-related research and clean-up projects since 1990.

The agreement between EPA and GE under which the project is being conducted required that the results of Phase 1 be evaluated by an independent peer review panel. Both EPA and GE prepared evaluations of the project for submission to the peer review. GEýs evaluation is based on its analysis of more than 18,000 air, water and sediment samples that were collected during and after dredging. In its report and presentation to the peer reviewers, GEýs goal is to improve the second phase of the dredging project so that it achieves the environmental goals EPA has forecast.

It is with deep regret that we report the death of a contractor working for GE on the Hudson River Dredging Project.

GE today announced another major step forward in the implementation of the Hudson River dredging project. The company has signed an agreement with a waste disposal facility in Texas to accept the sediments that will be removed from the Hudson River.

In January 2007, GE awarded the first two construction contracts for development of the Fort Edward treatment and transportation center.

GE has submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency its final engineering design for the first phase of the dredging project that EPA has selected for the Upper Hudson River.

The dredging project GE will be performing in the Upper Hudson River will be one of unprecedented size and scope. To perform it safely and effectively, GE's dredging and construction contractors will need help from many local and national companies.

GE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today they have reached a comprehensive agreement for the implementation of EPA's 2002 decision to dredge PCB-containing sediments in the Upper Hudson River.

GE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are working together to implement the largest environmental dredging project ever undertaken in the United States - the dredging of the Upper Hudson River in New York State.

Before dredging can begin, a treatment and transport center where sediments removed from the river will be processed must be built. This center will be constructed on 110 acres of currently vacant land in Fort Edward, NY, along the Champlain Canal.