Please join us for our monthly General Meeting, conducted via Zoom video conference. Advance registration is required for non-members of the CAG, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkc-GtqDwqGtGonldklSE_iLBMRwlT_DSO DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate)… Read more »
Committee: EPA Updates
Coast Guard Closes Gowanus Canal to Boating North of 9th Street Through November, 2021
The U.S. Coast Guard and EPA have closed the Gowanus Canal to all recreational boating between Butler Street and 9th Street through November 30, 2021. From the Coast Guard’s updated… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting, Tuesday, April 27th, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our April General Meeting, conducted via Zoom video conference. Advance registration is required for non-members of the CAG, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoc-2orTgsE91OU-JLbp2aYCJOXIlT0Pyr DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate)… Read more »
EPA Issues Administrative Order Requiring New York City to Construct Sewage Retention Tanks for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site Cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday issued an administrative order compelling the City of New York to construct two sewage retention tanks to control discharges into the Gowanus Canal. The… Read more »
Tonight: Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting
Please join us Tuesday, March 23rd, for our monthly General Meeting, conducted via Zoom video conference. Advance registration is required for non-members of the CAG, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-GtrjwtGN34i5YpPt6XVrSN8d-UMz7J DRAFT AGENDA (all… Read more »
EPA Concludes Assessment of Sinking of Barge Containing Gowanus Canal Sediment
EPA Region 2 Community Involvement Coordinator Natalie Loney provided the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group today with the following report regarding conclusion of the investigation into the sinking of a… Read more »
Statement/Update from EPA on Barge Incident in Gowanus Bay
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 2 office issued the following statement today regarding the sinking of a barge filled with dredge sediment from the Gowanus Canal earlier this week… Read more »
Barge Carrying Dredged Material from Canal Sinks in Gowanus Bay
On January 25, 2021, EPA was informed that a barge of dredged material from the Gowanus Canal Superfund site cleanup that was moored in Gowanus Bay had sunk. Cashman, a contractor… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting, Tuesday, January 26th, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our monthly General Meeting, conducted via Zoom video conference, on Tuesday, January 26th, at 6:30 p.m. Advance registration is required for non-members of the CAG, here:… Read more »
EPA Notifies Gowanus-Area Property Owners of Planned Plugging of Unpermitted Outfall Pipes
The EPA has notified certain Gowanus-area property owners in a letter that contractors installing new bulkheads in preparation of dredging will be plugging unpermitted outfall pipes that discharge into the… Read more »