'Communities have spoken loud and clear that it is unacceptable to use the Hudson River as a dumping ground,' said one campaigner.
"Gov. Hochul is sending a strong signal to corporate polluters—industrial waste has no place in our water,"Alex Beauchamp, Northeast regional director of FWW. "The Save the Hudson bill will ensure that the Hudson River is no longer treated as a toxic dumping ground, prioritizing public health and the environment over corporate expediency.
More than 400,000 people, 35 localities, and 138 civil society groups have petitioned Hochul to sign the bill in recent months, with advocates Holtec should be directed to store the wastewater in tanks at the site of Indian Point—which was shut down in 2021 after decades of local activism—until a safe method of disposal can be determined.Marilyn Elie of IPSEC. "We are all better off because of this bill becoming law. Now on to see what Holtec's response will be and how they will store the tritiated water."
State Sen. Pete Harckham , who sponsored the bill, called the signing of the bill "one of the great environmental victories in state history.""The overwhelming opposition from the public against Holtec's profit-driven discharges has resonated across New York," Riverkeeper president Tracy Brown, "as communities have spoken loud and clear that it is unacceptable to use the Hudson River as a dumping ground for radioactive waste."
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