A section of the Housatonic River in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where PCB-contaminated sediment was excavated and removed.
The appeal includes arguments that the EPA should send all PCB-contaminated waste to a licensed off-site facility, rather than putting it in a disposal site next to the river. Tim Gray, executive director of HRI, said his group proved it has standing previously when it went before the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board.
Gray added that he has been injured because he has PCBs on his property that he believes came from the former GE plant in Pittsfield. His property is in Lee, Massachusetts, on the Housatonic River.
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