[DEHC] 2 meetings this week re Neponset River - Tonight 12/10 in Hyde Park and Thursday 12/13 at Carney Hospital

[Rosanne.Foley at codman.org]

Public Meeting: Neponset River Bank Testing, Hyde Park, Mon., Dec. 10, 6PM 

The MA Dept. of Environmental Protection and the MA Dept. of Conservation 
and Recreation will hold a public meeting to discuss a program to sample 
soil along the banks of the Neponset River in Milton and Boston, this 
December. In the 1960s, river-bottom sediments of the Neponset River were 
dredged and deposited along the riverbanks. Because PCB contamination has 
been found in the Lower Neponset River, testing will be done on the old 
dredge spoils on the riverbanks. PCBs are now a known carcinogen. They 
were commonly used in transformers and other electric components beginning 
in the 1930s until they were banned in the late 1970s. Meeting location: 
Menino Hall, Hyde Park Library, 35 Hyde Park Ave., Hyde Park. The meeting 
will run from 6-7:30PM. Questions are encouraged. 
 
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Please Note: There are No PCBs located along the paved path of the 
Neponset River Greenway, and there will be No testing done for PCBs there. 
Unfortunately, in the previous version of this event listing the DEP press 
release was misinterpreted to read that there were PCBs along the bike 
path. My apologies for any confusion this error may have caused.
Carly Rocklen
Outreach Director & Restoration Manager
Neponset River Watershed Association
2173 Washington St.
Canton, MA 02021
Phone:  781-575-0354
Fax:  781-575-9971
E-mail: rocklen at neponset.org
Web: www.neponset.org


Also this week - Thurs. 12/13, 7-9 pm, there will be a meeting about dam 
removal on the Neponset, at Carney Hospital, Cushing Auditorium, 2100 
Dorchester Ave.