Rep. Eliot Engel lambasted a proposal to set up 10 anchorage sites along the Hudson River as a threat to the area.
Barge Parking Lot? Hudson River Plan Draws Ire of Residents
Environmental groups suspect the anchorages will actually be used to store oil on barges until prices recover from a glut of oil that began at the end of 2014
Rockland Legislature Weighs In On Proposed Hudson River Anchorages
There is a significant threat to public safety from Bakken crude oil transported by barge and parked along our coastal villages.”
Maloney Introduces Bill to Stop Barge Proposal
“This is a solution in search of a problem. There is no need for these additional anchorage sites.”
Hudson Valley Senators to Hold Public Hearing on Coast Guard Anchorage Proposal
“As the lifeblood of so many of our communities, we have a responsibility to protect and support the Hudson River, its wildlife and the communities that rely on it.”
Oil barge anchorage plan threatens Hudson I swam in as a child
I was raised in Palisades, along the Hudson River. Life revolved around the river.
Maloney Introduces Bill to Limit Oil Barge Anchoring Sites on the Hudson
“The desire to expand these sites is predicated on the belief that we’re going to have large increases of crude moving down the Hudson River.”— Sean Patrick Maloney, representative
Putnam Officials Blast Oil Barge Plan
Legislator Barbara Scuccimarra noted that in 1963 a proposal to construct a hydroelectric plant on Storm King was defeated due to the efforts of community activists. “I’m hoping that will happen again.”
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