New York state will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency if it gives General Electric a certificate of completion on cleaning up toxic chemicals in the Hudson River, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a radio interview on Tuesday.

The warning came after New York Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos told the Albany Times Union newspaper last week that the federal environmental agency is poised to offer the certificate, which would absolve GE of future liability.

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