This Baseline Monitoring Program Scoping Document (BMPSD) has been prepared on behalf of General Electric Company (GE) as part of the remedial design to implement the February 2002 Record of Decision (ROD) for the Hudson River PCBs Site issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) (USEPA 2002). The BMPSD describes the scope of the river monitoring activities that will be conducted during the design phase of the project (hereafter referred to as baseline monitoring). Detailed information on the baseline monitoring program, including the rationale for each monitoring component and Data Quality Objectives, will be described in a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), which will be submitted as a deliverable under the Remedial Design Administrative Order on Consent. Monitoring will be conducted in accordance with the Community Health and Safety Plan (CHASP) and an updated Health and Safety Plan (HASP).