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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-002823
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130117

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC /NY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000925528
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5080]
		IRS NUMBER:				133641539
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 1541
		STREET 2:		ONE BLUE HILL PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PEARL RIVER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10965
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8457356000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 1541
		STREET 2:		ONE BLUE HILL PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PEARL RIVER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10965

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	REFRIGERANT RECLAMATION INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940617
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>[HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. LETTERHEAD]</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">January 17, 2013</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>VIA EDGAR&#9;</U></B></P>

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><B>Re:</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Hudson Technologies, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in"><B>Registration Statement on Form S-3</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in"><B>Filed December 14, 2012, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 Filed January 11, 2013</B><BR>
<B>File No. 333-185490</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company hereby
requests that the above-referenced Registration Statement be declared effective on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 4:30 P.M., Eastern
Standard Time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In connection with
the foregoing acceleration request, the Company acknowledges that:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) or the Staff, acting
pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with
respect to the filing;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring
the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure
in the filing; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in
any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">Hudson Technologies, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">By: <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Brian F. Coleman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">Name: Brian F. Coleman</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">Title: President, Chief Operating Officer</TD></TR>
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