[CPEO-BIF] Preliminary Remedial Actions for PFOA to Begin at Saint-Gobain, Hoosick Falls, New York

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

FACT SHEET 
New York State Superfund Program
August 2023

Saint-Gobain McCaffrey St., Hoosick Falls, New York
Preliminary Remedial Actions to Begin at State Superfund Site

Construction Actions are beginning in order to provide an alternate water supply for the Village of Hoosick Falls in Rensselaer County. The alternate water supply is necessary based on contamination related to the Saint-Gobain McCaffrey Street site (“site”) located at 14 McCaffrey Street, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, which is being remediated under New York’s State Superfund Program. Please see the map for the site location and the project area. These activities will be performed by Honeywell International and Saint- Gobain Performance Plastics with oversight provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) pursuant to a legal agreement with the companies.

These preliminary activities are expected to begin in August 2023, and last about two months.

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NYSDEC is conducting a remedial investigation for OU-01 and OU-03 to define the full nature and extent of contamination resulting from manufacturing activities at the site. PFOA present in the current public drinking water supply (OU-02) is being removed through granular activated carbon filters.

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For the entire fact sheet, see
https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/der/factsheet/442046ou2cubegins.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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