Dispute Resolution, 2015-2016 Following review of the public comments, and per the Consent Decree, EPA provided GE with its Intended Final Decision, with an opportunity to seek dispute resolution. GE disputed the intended cleanup. On October 13, 2016, an EPA dispute resolution official decided the dispute. See
Final Permit Modification, 2016: Following conclusion of the dispute resolution process, EPA issued a Final RCRA Permit Modification to select its Rest of River remedy. This included a formal Response to Comments on the Draft permit. See:
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Appeals Process, 2016-present: EPA's October 2016 Final Permit Modification was appealed to the EPA Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) by five parties: GE, the Housatonic River Initiative, C. Jeffrey Cook, the Rest of River Committee (of the towns of Lenox, Lee, Sheffield, Stockbridge, and Great Barrington), and the Berkshire Environmental Action Team. Additionally, the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut are part of the EAB proceeding, as well as four amicus parties: Mass Audubon, City of Pittsfield, Green Berkshires, Inc., and the Rest of River Municipal Committee. All the parties submitted written briefs to the EAB, and all but Mass Audubon and BEAT participated in the EAB's June 2017 oral argument.The EAB issued its decision on January 26, 2018. The EAB denied the appeals of the parties on all issues related to the extent of the cleanup. Additionally, the EAB remanded for further consideration by EPA two issues: the limitations placed on GE's responsibility to address PCB contamination related to projects or work performed by third parties, and the location of disposal of PCB-contaminated material excavated in the cleanup.EPA is currently evaluating the issues remanded by the Board, and will notify the public at the completion of its evaluation. See _Web_Docket.nsf/Closed+Dockets?OpenView
A recent survey by Mintel for the charity Thrive,34 which enables social and therapeutic horticulture, showed that among people with disabilities, a quarter listed gardening as a hobby. Two-thirds of the respondents owned a garden and 87% had access to a garden that they thought was beneficial to their health. Surveys in the general population have given similar results,35 with a large majority believing that gardens were beneficial to health. Numbers of visitors to garden centres and private gardens, such as those in the National Garden Scheme or run by the National Trust, are increasing. Gardening has been associated with a lower prevalence of dementia and with positive health effects in several countries,36,37 and economic benefits have been shown, for instance, for mental health services.38
The most important post-war card in the hobby, price movements of the 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle baseball card are often seen as an indicator of the health of the sports card market overall. The card is key for three main reasons:
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