Local Activists Question AVX Settlement For Harbor Cleanup
October 11, 2012 6:58 AM 
Local environmentalists aren’t happy with the fine print of a settlement between the E-P-A and AVX Corp. to speed up the removal of pcb’s from New Bedford Harbor. Under the settlment, AVX will pay $366 million, an amount that city officials say will cut the cleanup time from 40 years to about seven years. Under the E-P-A plan, the contaminated sediment will be buried in so-called cad cells in the lower harbor and along the shoreline. Activist Karen Vilandry says the E-P-A should have held out for more money, to transport the sediment out of New Bedford…
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Ed Riveira of the Hands Across The River Coaltion says the EPA had estimated a seven year cleanup would cost more than $500 million, and the $366 million settlement seems to fall way short that.
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