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NOTICE OF AMENDED AND RESTATED GRANT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRICTION AND EASEMENT EPA Site Name: GE-Pittsfield/Housatonic River Site DEP Site Name: GE Pittsfield Disposal Sites DEP Disposal Site No.: GECD600 Site Location: A parcel of land located at Woodlawn Avenue and Tyler Street, Pittsfield, MA. In accordance with the requirements set forth in 310 CMR 40.1403(7), as amended, and a Consent Decree executed by the General Electric Company, the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and other parties, entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on October 27, 2000 in United States et al. v. General Electric Company (Civil Action No. 99-30225-MAP et. seq.), notice is hereby given that an Amended and Restated Grant of Environmental Restriction and Easement ("Amended Grant") on the above-referenced parcel (the "Property") owned by the Pittsfield Economic Development Authority ("PEDA") has been recorded in the Berkshire Middle District Registry of Deeds on April 8, 2026. The Amended Grant prohibits the following site activities and uses on the Property, except as otherwise provided in the Amended Grant: (i) residential activity or day-care activity or use; (ii) educational activity or use for children under 12 years of age; (iii) agricultural activity or use; (iv) extraction, consumption, or utilization of groundwater underlying the Property, including extraction for potable, industrial, irrigation, or agricultural use; (v) excavation, digging, drilling, or other intrusive activity into or disturbance of the surface of the ground and/or the underlying soil; and (vi) any activity or use that would interfere with, or would be reasonably likely to interfere with, the implementation, operation, or maintenance of any aspect or component of the Response Actions already constructed or under construction, or of which Grantor has notice, including without limitation, interference with any groundwater monitoring wells or wells utilized for the recovery of groundwater or non-aqueous-phase liquid from the subsurface, or any activity that would exceed the bearing load of, or pierce any barrier situated within the Building Demolitions Barrier Area or the Slab Area. Any person interested in reviewing or obtaining additional information regarding the Amended Grant may contact Michael Coakley, Pittsfield Economic Development Authority, P.O. Box 617, Pittsfield, MA 01201, (413) 448-9726. The disposal site file, including the Amended Grant, may be reviewed at the Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA 01201. Ad# 101668 05/05/2026