Attendees
CAG Members: Steve Marcus, Susan Yung, Katia Kelly, Alexandra Dadourian-Nelson, Jason Schwartzman, Erica Eliason, Peter Reich, Mark Yarish & Lisa Bowstead
Guests: Aaron Kaufman & Irene Baker
Agenda Items Discussed
1) Follow up discussion regarding NYS DEC’s areawide TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, which took place during November 2024.
– The committee asked Steve to follow up with DEC staff which he was able to do during DEC’s Vapor Intrusion Study meeting on October 8th and was told by Aaron Fischer that the report has not been finalized yet.
2) Follow up discussion regarding the status of NYS DEC’s final decision regarding the proposed remedial plan for Parcel 3 (459 Smith Street) of the former Citizens MGP Works site and, Assemblymember Simon’s comment letter.
– The Committee asked Steve to follow up with DEC Staff which he was able to do as well at DEC’s Vapor Intrusion Study meeting; he was told that no decision has been made yet.
– Lisa kindly volunteered to draft a “Thank You” letter on behalf of the Committee to Assemblymember Simon for submitting her comment letter. See AM Simon’s letter here.
3) It was brought to the Committee’s attention that the most recent Citizens Groundwater Monitoring report has been made available, and the Committee discussed the continuation of off-site migration of MGP-related toxicants.
See the report here.
– It was asked of National Grid’s representative, Irene Baker, if there was a similar report for the former Fulton MGP site; Irene said that she’ll look into it for the Committee.
4) Alexandra shared the letter that was sent on behalf of Friends of Thomas Greene Park and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy to EPA regarding Thomas Greene Park and the Douglas-Degraw Pool, and she also shared the response they received.
– Both letters were discussed. See the letter to EPA here, and EPA’s response here.
5) Susan Yung asked that we discuss DEC’s announcement of the proposed remediation and construction near the Mary Star Of The Sea Senior Apartments, which we’ll do at our November meeting. Please see the DEC announcement for 41 First Street here.
Please note: Our next Land Use Committee meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 11th due to Election day falling on November 4th. We hope to see you there.