General Electric: Hill 78
- Date Range
- 1999 – 2009
- Title
- General Electric: Hill 78
- What occurred
- Hill 78 is an On Plant Consolidation area used by General Electric as a dumpsite for PCB contaminated river sediment. In 1999 General Electric was ordered by the EPA to remediate a small section of the Housatonic River that they had previously contaminated. GE dredged the contaminated sediment from the river bottom and constructed this OPCA for the containment of 134,500 cubic yards of materials. The area encompasses 6 acres which adjoin a high traffic road and Allendale Elementary School.
- Location
- 235 Merrill Rd, Pittsfield, MA 01201
- Image Citation
- On-Plant Consolidation Areas of the GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site. https://www.epa.gov/ge-housatonic/plant-consolidation-areas-ge-pittsfieldhousatonic-river-site
- Student name(s)
- Mitchell Stechmann