Given the similarities between Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal, this next installment in City Tech’s Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center’s series of free breakfast seminars may be of interest. More info and a link to register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visions-for-newtown-creek-tickets-50495030997 Newtown Creek was designated as a Superfund site in 2010 as a result of pollution caused by decades… Read more »
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Minutes of the September 12, 2018 Admin Committee Meeting
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Admin Committee met on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., in the Cobble Hill Community Room at 250 Baltic Street. CAG Members present: Ben Jones Katia Kelly Rita Miller Maryann Young (CORD alternate) 1. Two new CAG membership applications were discussed: Matthew Loyd Thomas and Janet Aitchison. A) Both… Read more »
Minutes of the July 3, 2018 Land Use Committee Meeting
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Land Use Committee met on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in the offices of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy at 543 Union Street. CAG Members present: David Briggs Louis Kleinman Hildegaard Link Andrea Parker Triada Samaras Susan Yung Item 1 Discussed EPA’s TASC grant for the Gowanus Canal. Hildegaard: who is… Read more »
Minutes of the March 6, 2018 Land Use Committee Meeting
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Land Use Committee met on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, in the offices of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy at 543 Union Street. CAG Members present: David Briggs Marlene Donnelly Rafael Gomez de Luna Katia Kelly Hildegaard Link Andrea Parker Peter Reich Brad Vogel Maryann Young Guests: Terri Thomson, National Grid… Read more »
This Week’s Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group is holding three committee meetings during the week of September 10th, all taking place on Wednesday, September 12th. At 9:30 a.m., the CAG’s Administration Committee will hold one of its periodic meetings in the Cobble Hill Community Room at 250 Baltic Street. At 6:30 p.m., the CAG’s Archaeology Committee… Read more »
Deadline for Public Comment on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Coastal Storm Risk Management Measures Extended Until September 20
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period until September 20th for comment on the USACE’s proposed Coastal Storm Risk Management Measures. From the USACE website: The New York New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries focus area feasibility study, which will include a tiered Environmental Impact Statement, is evaluating five initial alternatives,… Read more »
New York City releases final NYC Stormwater Management Program Plan
Earlier today, the City of New York submitted the final version of its NYC Stormwater Management Program Plan to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Plan is intended to guide the continued improvement of the health of New York Harbor. The Plan is the City’s first comprehensive effort to reduce pollution in… Read more »
North Gowanus Public Visioning Session, Wednesday, July 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
EPA Region 2 Administrator Pete Lopez to Mark Completion of 4th Street Turning Basin Pilot Project
Media advisory from the EPA: EPA Regional Administrator Pete Lopez will be at the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, one of the nation’s most seriously contaminated bodies of water, on Monday, July 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. with other dignitaries to discuss the progress of the dredging and capping pilot project. The… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group on Summer Hiatus
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group does not plan to hold a general meeting during the months of July and August. Please join us in the fall when we reconvene for our next general meeting on September 25th.