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ii i POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003 STATE METRO 9A Patald to outline WTC rebuilding The Associated Pre New York Gov. George Patakl and Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas laugh during introductions before signing a memorandum of understanding to work together on issues concerning Lake Champlain in Crown Point Tuesday. Governors agree to keep I olro fl nnmrklmn klnrk vi Th Associated Press to taWp arMitinnnl nrti The Associated Press CROWN POINT Gov. George Pataki and Vermont Gov.

Janjes Douglas on Tuesday reaffirmed their states' commitment to work together with Quebec to clean up Lake Champlain. The two governors signed a mutual agreement and a renewed management plan to protect water quality and the natural resources of the Lake Champlain Basin. "The goal is here is not to have a plan but to take action," Pataki said, standing above shores of Lake Champlain. "We've taken action, in the past and on this Earth Day let us com GE to appeal decision on river dredging The Associated Press ALBANY General Electric Co. has filed a notice to appeal a federal judge's decision and again challenge the Superfund toxic waste cleanup law that forces the company to dredge PCBs from the Hudson River, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

"We will most likely appeal," company spokeswoman Joan Ger hardt said. She said the notice of intent to appeal was filed Friday in federal appeals court in Washington. "I think it's certainly a sign of bad faith," said Rich Schiafo of the Scenic Hudson, an environmental group. "It seems like GE is up to its same old dirty tricks in trying to avoid its responsibility in cleaning up the Hudson." "We find it deeply disturbing," said Christian Ballantyne of the Sierra Club in New York. The appeal would challenge a March 31 federal court decision that it was premature for GE to contest the constitutionality of the 1980 Superfund law before the $500 million dredging project in upstate New York is US, District Judge John D.

Bates ruled that Congress intended for remediation of toxic sites to proceed without delay by even a constitutional challenge. METRONEWS METROPOLITAN NEW YORK NYC peregrine falcons looking after 4 eggs NEW YORK The city's modest peregrine falcon population is about to add some new members. A pair of the once endangered falcons are currently caring for four new eggs at their perch on the 14th floor of 55 Water St. in downtown Manhattan, the city's Department of Environmental Conservation announced Tuesday. The return of the peregrine falcons to New York Harbor is another indicator that environmental conditions are improving and that our hard work and investments are paying off," said DEC Commissioner Christopher O.Ward.

Logging on I EC: www.nyc.govdcp 1 55 Water www. 1 SSwater.com I ICJL sU i Roosevelt Island tram still accepts tokens NEW YORK Subway tokens in New York City are not forgotten, and, it turns out, com pletely gone. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority stopped selling the cutout coins on April 13 and will stop accepting them on city subways and buses on May 4, when new fare increases take effect. But the Roosevelt Island tram, which takes nearly 1 million people a year from Manhattan to the East River island, will continue to use the tokens indefinitely, said Sari Dickson, spokeswoman for the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. The turnstiles for the trams are calibrated to use the tokens," Dickson said, Journal wire services A mit to take additional action to make sure that this lake is clean er.the recreational resources are greater and our communities are stronger in the Champlain basin and the Champlain Valley," he said.

Pataki also pledged $1 million to upgrade sewage treatment and water treatment facilities in communities along the lake. Under the plan, which was first signed by the two states in 1996, state and federal agencies, and the province of Quebec work together to reduce phosphorus pollution and toxic chemicals in the lake and to control invasive species, such as water chestnuts and zebra mussels. The Associated Press ALBANY Gov. George Pataki will unveil an aggressive schedule for construction at the World Trade Center site, making the 1,776 foot spire in Daniel Libeskind's design one of the first steps in the rebuilding process, officials said Tuesday. Pataki said it was important to speed the rebuilding process along.

"We've made tremendous progress in cleaning up the site and putting back in place some of the transportation infrastructure that was destroyed on Sept. 11, but we have to keep the momentum going and we have to make sure that our efforts to restore lower Manhattan send a signal that New Yorkers are confidant, optimistic and believe in our future," Pataki said during an appearance in northern New York with Vermont Gov. James Douglas. Speech set Thursday Pataki spokeswoman Lisa Dewald Stoll said the Republican governor would lay out "a general timeline for the rebuilding process" in a speech Thursday in. Manhattan to the Association for a Better New York, a group of business and civic leaders.

Stoll said the governor will also use the opportunity to "announce some short term initiatives that will allow the area to be generally more pleasant to live and work In." "At this point in time, it is a construction site and it will be obviously for many years to come," she said. While declining to provide details about the governor's speech, Stoll said Pataki will focus, among other things, on the transportation infrastructure that will be part of the lower Manhattan site and must be constructed before buildings above can be completed. One official, familiar with the governor's thinking, said Patald will lay out plans for quick work on a transit hub that will link the PATH New Jersey commuter trains and the Long Island Rail Road trains with the city's subway system. The governor will also talk about plans to link lower Manhattan to the area's airports, said the official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. The official said the governor will also call for speedy work on the new tower.

"It's symbolic of lower Manhattan's resurgence and the governor wants to be very aggressive in the rebuilding process," the source said. A separate announcement is planned later by Pataki about a memorial to honor the approximately 3,000 people who.died on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that brought down the Trade Center towers. Pataki wants that completed quickly. ySSSS222 Ready, Set Call to rMva your spot Sotting I llmltod.

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