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EPA Chooses Fort Edward as Home for New Hudson River Field Office; Office Will Serve as Base for Upper Hudson Community Involvement Activities

Release Date: 04/09/2002
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(#02021) New York, New York – Reinforcing its commitment to local public involvement, EPA today announced that it will be locating its Hudson River PCBs site field office in the Village of Hudson Falls, Town of Fort Edward, New York. “The placement of our field office in an upriver community demonstrates EPA’s commitment to a rigorous and meaningful community involvement program for the Hudson River cleanup,” said EPA Regional Administrator Jane M. Kenny. “Our door will be open to the residents of the upper Hudson who are most affected by EPA’s cleanup plans and to everyone with interest in this historic cleanup.” The field office will be located at 421 Lower Main Street, in the Village of Hudson Falls. It will give the public the opportunity to regularly interact with an on-site EPA senior manager and other staff and to get information and provide input on the cleanup plans. The field office is expected to be open by mid-May. N.G. Kaul, former director of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) Division of Water who was recently appointed as director of the field office, has started his tenure with EPA. Kaul will be working out of the United States Geologic Survey offices in Troy, New York and EPA’s New York City offices until the field office is open for business. “N.G. Kaul brings a wealth of experience to the Hudson cleanup project,” said Richard Caspe, director of the regional Superfund program. “His presence upriver means that the community has direct access to the Regional Administrator and other senior management of EPA.” Kaul will be assisted in the field office by EPA staff, including David Kluesner, the newly appointed Community Involvement Coordinator for the Hudson River site, as well as contractors. Additional field office contact information will be announced as soon as it is available. It will be available on EPA’s Web site at www.epa.gov/hudson and to Internet users of EPA’s Hudson River Listserv – an electronic news service established to provide interested parties with important information on the Hudson River cleanup. People who are interested in subscribing to this free service can sign up by going to the Hudson River Web site and clicking on Listse