Matthew Hamilton is reporting at Capitol Confidential Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced December 14, that he and state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will sue the federal government to force continued PCB-dredging of the Hudson River if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determines there is no additional cleanup necessary. The state has been pushing General Electric Co. to do more after it completed dredging in a 40-mile stretch of the river between Fort Edward and Troy in 2015. The company claims it met the terms of its agreement with the EPA to clean up PCBs in the river. In a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in November, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos warned of a possible lawsuit and wrote that the state sampling of the river showed it is up to three times more contaminated than the EPA originally estimated. GE spokesman Mark Behan said the state had 16 years to object to this project and did not do so. The EPA has until December 23 to respond to GE's request for a certificate of completion. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential, a Times Union blog.