Commissioner Odum Niche announced that the DEP will recommend "targeted dredging" of PCB-contaminated pockets in the Ramford River. The project will remove approximately two million cubic yards of sediment from PCB "hot spots" along a 20 mile stretch of river around the city of Ramford. Contaminated sediments will be treated and sent to landfills; the dredging will take about four years to complete. The recommended project culminates a 10 year study on the health and ecological effects of PCBs in the Ramford River.