EPA Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Will Meet Tonight

The Environmental Protection Agency's Community Advisory Group for the Gowanus Canal (CAG) will be holding its monthly meeting tonight, Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30 PM. The meeting will take place at Mary Star of the Sea Senior Center, 41 First Street between Hoyt and Bond Street.

Since this is the first gathering of the CAG since the release of EPA's Record Of Decision, which was signed in late September,  the agenda includes a discussion on the RoD.

The meeting is open to all in the community.

Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group Holding General Meeting This Tuesday

The Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be holding its general meeting on Tuesday, 6:30 PM at Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments, 41 First Street.
Two important items will be on the agenda:
-The Environmental Protection Agency will update the community on the status of the Gowanus Superfund Record of Decision (ROD), which is expected to be released this fall.
The ROD contains the final remedy for the clean-up chosen by the Agency and is a very important step towards beginning the actual remediation of the polluted waterway.

-Representatives of National Grid will give an update on a Pilot Study at Citizens Gas Works. National Grid has been named a Potential Responsible Party (PRP) and will have to remedy three former gas manufacturing sites along the Gowanus Canal. One of these sites is the five acre track of land, located between Smith Street and the Gowanus Canal, was once the site of a Citizens Gas Light Company's 12th Ward Gas Work plant, where coal and petroleum products into flammable gas for surrounding neighborhoods. Citizen later sold to Brooklyn Union Gas, which became Keyspan, which is now National Grid.The plant was decommissioned in the early 1960's.

The CAG meeting is open to the public.

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting Tonight

The Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be holding its general meeting tonight, April 2nd, 6:30 pm at Mary Star of the Sea Senior Housing at 41 1st Street.
The CAG will continue its discussion on the EPA Region 2 Proposed Plan for the Superfund clean-up of the Gowanus Canal.

As a reminder, the EPA will accept comments from the community on the Proposed Plan till the end of April.   To read the plan for the Gowanus Canal or for more information on the canal, visit http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/gowanus or visit the EPA’s document repositories at the Carroll Gardens Library at 396 Clinton St. in Brooklyn or the Joseph Miccio Community Center, 110 West 9th Street, Brooklyn.

Written comments on the proposed plan should be addressed to:
Christos Tsiamis
Project Manager
Central New York Remediation Section
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
290 Broadway, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10007-1866
e-mail: GowanusCanalComments.Region2@epa.gov

Upcoming Meeting Of EPA Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group

The EPA Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be meeting on Tuesday
Feb. 26 at 6:30 PM at Mary Star of the Sea Senior Housing, 41 1St Street.
The meeting will focus on the Proposed Remedial Action Plan (PRAP), which was released in late 2012.

Just a reminder: the EPA will be accepting public comments on the PRAP till the end of April 2013.
Written comments on the proposed plan should be addressed to:

Christos Tsiamis

Project Manager

Central New York Remediation Section

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

290 Broadway, 20th Floor

New York, New York 10007-1866

e-mail: GowanusCanalComments.Region2@epa.gov

OR, contact Natalie Loney, Community Involvement Coordinator, at 212-637-3639,

Also, for those interested, the CAG Archaeology Committee will meet on February 27th, 6:30 pm at Proteus Gowanus, 543 Union Street, Brooklyn
On the agenda: Review of PRAP and EPA archaeology documents.

All CAG meetings are open to the community.