That's not the only reason, and you know it. Be honest.
On Feb 1, 9:35 am, silver <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am always fishing in the Hudson and Long Island Sound. I go for
> striped bass and blue fish.
> Just picture dredging as a giant shovel digging the bottom of a
> river. That activity will stir up the bottom and cause sediments to
> be dispersed throughout the river. It may take months for all of it
> to resettle thereby blocking out the sunlight and killing strip bass
> and other river life nurseries.
>
> The contaminant we are talking about here is PCP. m-Mercury is
> usually found as a wasted product of paper mill factories. Luckily
> for us we do not have any along the Hudson.
>
> Silver, whats the deal between you and Euwe? Why did he ban you?
>
> Because I told him to go fuck himself.
>
> On Jan 31, 10:57 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I am not sure what is involved in dredging, but, no doubt they will
> > not be able to contain all of the contaminants, and I am certain
> > methyl mercury will be a huge problem once it is stirred up. You dont
> > like to go fishing, do you??
>
> > On Jan 31, 10:46 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Why does GE have to dredge in the first place. This is all one big
> > > waste of time and dredging would only spread the buried contamination
> > > where it would become the problem it was 30 years ago. Now all the
> > > release PCPs would get back in to the food chain. Right now the PCPs
> > > are buried encapsulated under the sediments where they pose no risk to
> > > the water supply, or river life.
>
> > > On Jan 31, 7:23 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Read the agreement on the EPA site...
>
> > > > EPA and General Electric Update Hudson Dredging Agreement
>
> > > > Release date: 01/26/2009
>
> > > > The water line, which is estimated to cost $8.2 million to construct,
> > > > is on schedule to be completed by April 2009, before dredging begins
> > > > in May. EPA will also construct and maintain a temporary granulated
> > > > activated carbon treatment system to protect the village of
> > > > Stillwater’s drinking water supply during the Phase 1 dredging.
>
> > > > The agreement calls for GE to pay up to $7 million toward the cost of
> > > > the water line and the Stillwater treatment system.
>
> > > >http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d10ed0d99d826b06852573590040...
>
> > > > On Jan 31, 10:12 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > January 26, 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
> > > > > today announced that the federal government has reached an agreement
> > > > > with the General Electric Company (GE) to modify a November 2, 2006
> > > > > consent decree requiring the company to dredge portions of the Hudson
> > > > > River.
>
> > > > > On Jan 31, 6:59 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Good grief!!!
>
> > > > > > The EPA is not forcing GE to dredge the Hudson, The EPA is billing
> > > > > > GE
> > > > > > a couple of million dollars to HELP fund the new water pipe.
>
> > > > > > On Jan 31, 9:45 pm, silver <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Aside from the Obama thing do you still think it would be a good
> > > > > > > idea
> > > > > > > for EPA to enforce GE
> > > > > > > to dredge the Hudson?
>
> > > > > > > On Jan 31, 5:47 pm, CincyBabe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > I see. You're suddenly blaming Obama, who just took office 10
> > > > > > > > days
> > > > > > > > ago.
>
> > > > > > > > Silver, I'm not going to respond to this kind of crap from now
> > > > > > > > on. If
> > > > > > > > you want a real discussion, post less shit stirring. Thanks.
>
> > > > > > > > On Jan 31, 10:57 am, silver <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > From approximately 1947 to 1977, the General Electric Company
> > > > > > > > > (GE)
> > > > > > > > > discharged as much as 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated
> > > > > > > > > biphenyls
> > > > > > > > > (PCBs) from its capacitor manufacturing plants at the Hudson
> > > > > > > > > Falls and
> > > > > > > > > Fort Edward facilities into the Hudson River.
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> > > > > > > > > What they do not tell you is that GE had valid permits from
> > > > > > > > > NYS to
> > > > > > > > > discharge into the Hudson. Now, 40 years later GE is
> > > > > > > > > responsible? I
> > > > > > > > > think not!
>
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