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Gowanus Canal. Photo by Udi via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/udi/8145783849/]GOWANUS — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of an administrative order requiring the start of the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. Designated a Superfund site by the EPA in
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RED HOOK – About 20 people braved the pouring rain Wednesday evening and traveled to the Miccio Community Center for the latest update on the cleanup of the Red Hook Ball Fields. NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher at Red Hook Ball Fields update meeting, August 7, 2019 (Photo: Pamela
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GOWANUS – Residents of Gowanus and surrounding neighborhoods braved the rain Wednesday evening to attend the Gowanus Superfund Town Hall at P.S. 133. Oil slick seen in the Gowanus Canal (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The Gowanus Canal Community Advisor Group [https://gowanuscag.org] (CAG) hosted the event to provide locals with
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GOWANUS – The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) [https://gowanuscag.org/] will host a town hall on Wednesday, May 29 to update the public on the Gowanus Canal Superfund clean-up. Designated a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] (EPA)
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RED HOOK – Delayed once again [/nyc-parks-provides-community-update-on-red-hook-ball-fields-remediation/] due to the 35-day federal government shutdown which prohibited EPA employees from reporting to work, cleanup plans to remove lead from the Red Hook ball fields are back on track, with crews starting work on the site last week. NYC Parks’ Brooklyn Borough Landscape
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GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) is going ahead with plans to present its proposed tunnel project [/dep-proposes-tunnel-as-alternative-to-cso-tanks-for-gowanus-superfund/] to the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group [https://gowanuscag.org/?fbclid=IwAR3ygs0FtKd8YPc3XUYdfjIfVXTeGww8ebP-1jKnERJ6N54uBRFa-8TJRg0] (CAG) on Tuesday, January 22nd. Dredging equipment at
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GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) has proposed the use of a tunnel to collect excess combined sewage from the Gowanus Canal instead of two CSO (combine sewage overflow) tanks currently planned in the EPA’s cleanup of
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GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) presented updated designs for the CSO tank and head house planned for the north end of the Gowanus Canal at the Community Board 6 Parks/Recreation/Environmental Protection Committee [https://www1.nyc.
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[UPDATED: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 10:00am] A spokesperson for DOT responded, “This project is in its initial phases. We are currently studying the possibility of having a fixed bridge approved at this location by the Coast Guard. The first step in that process is a Navigation Study, which polls
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GOWANUS – The Brooklyn Supreme Court gave the NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) the green light last week to proceed with the acquisition of three properties in Gowanus to build an eight million gallon Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) tank and
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GOWANUS – Council Member Stephen Levin’s office hosted a Public Visioning Session Wednesday evening at 313 Butler Gallery to hear the community’s suggestions on three key areas in the northern part of Gowanus before the EPA and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) finalize designs for the Gowanus Canal
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GOWANUS – During Monday morning’s intermittent rain, EPA Regional Administrator Peter Lopez, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, and Dan Wiley from Congress Member Nydia Velázquez’s office marked the final phase of the dredging and capping pilot project [https://semspub.epa.gov/work/02/503424.pdf] at the Gowanus Canal’
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[UPDATED: Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 11:15am] This post has been updated to include additional photographs provided by Jonathan Bream, an archeologist with AHRS [http://ahrservices.com/]. GOWANUS – On Monday afternoon, the EPA [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] presented some of the debris construction
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RED HOOK – NYC Department of Parks and Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/whats-happening/red-hook-park-remediation] (NYC Parks) and the Environmental Protection Agency [https://www.epa.gov/ny/columbia-smelting-refining-works-red-hook-brooklyn-new-york] (EPA) hosted a meeting Monday evening [/meeting-to-update-community-about-red-hook-ball-fields-scheduled-for-monday-april-30/] to provide the Red Hook community with an update on the lead remediation and improvement
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RED HOOK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon encouraging the community to attend a meeting with NYC Department of Parks and Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/whats-happening/red-hook-park-remediation] (NYC Parks) and the Environmental Protection Agency [https://www.epa.
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GOWANUS – Following a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening [/candlelight-vigil-held-to-save-gowanus-station/] to protest the city’s proposed demolition of the historic Gowanus Station building, the New York City Council has voted to allow the Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) to seize the property