Attendees: Steve Marcus (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Mark Yarish, Katia Kelly, Joseph Alexiou, Linda Laviolette, Peter Reich, Alexandra Gregor, Susan Yung, Lisa Bowstead, Louis Kleinman
Guests: Aaron Kaufman, Irene Baker
Agenda
a) Discussed EPA and NYC Parks Department responses to the committee’s letter regarding the remediation of Thomas Greene Park and DD Pool.
Follow Up: Alexandra and Peter will be drafting a letter on behalf of Friends of Thomas Greene Park and will share a copy with the committee when it becomes available.
b) Discussed NYSDEC’s response to the committee’s request for additional information regarding the former Citizens MGP Works site, Parcel #4, which is currently in the New York State Superfund program.
c) Discussed the recent announcement by NYSDEC of a 45-day comment period and an in-person meeting on July 29th regarding Parcel #3 of the former Citizens MGP Works site, aka 459 Smith Street (more info on the meeting here).
e) Discussed NYSDEC’s response for additional information regarding Parcels #1 and #2 of the former Citizens MGP Works site.
f) Request for an update on NYSDEC’s neighborhood Vapor Intrusion Study.
On behalf of the committee, Steve will be following up with Heidi Dudek on this request.
g) Discussed EPA’s Five-Year Review.
h) Discussed the recent findings that the Union and Nevins Streets TCE plume has expanded to 280 Nevins Street.
On behalf of the committee, Steve will follow up with a request to do a thorough TCE plume study similar to the one that NYSDEC is currently doing near St. Mary Star of the Sea Church.
j) Irene Baker, who represents National Grid at our CAG meetings, was kind enough to follow up on the committee’s request for additional information regarding the former Citizens MGP Works site Parcel #4, and also look into when the Citizens Spring 2025 Arcadis Groundwater Monitoring report will be made available. The Fall 2024 report is available here.
For those of you who were not able to attend, here’s the link to the recording of the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Rmsz27TNQM_AW6JwJqUwMUIygQfeEReI?usp=sharing
Please note: The next Land Use Committee meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, August 5th, at 6:30pm.