Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Katia Kelly, Louis Kleinman, Margaret Maugenest, Susan Yung, Aaron Kaufman (Gowanus Remediation Team) 1: Joan reported that US Geological Survey is doing a survey… Read more »
Committee: Remediation Work
March 25, 2025 Update from EPA Region 2 on the Status of Work In and Around the Gowanus Canal
The Environmental Protection Agency provided the following update on the status of the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal at our March 25 general meeting. Red Hook (RH-034) Tank As… Read more »
What’s In The Air? A Community Open House with EPA Scientists
Thanks to everyone who came out on a cold Brooklyn evening to make the TAGA bus open house a huge success. We hope you learned as much as we did (even over the roar and hum of the pumps!) and had a chance to meet some of your neighbors. We’re hoping to organize a second event in March or April; stay tuned!
Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup Community Update #7
Contractors working under the supervision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are in the process of installing bulkhead support systems along the Gowanus Canal between 3rd Street and Hamilton… Read more »
Minutes of the September 10, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Land Use Committee
Attendees: (listed in order of appearance) CAG Members: Andrea Parker, Hildegaard Link, Erica Eliason, Peter Reich, Linda LaViolette, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Susan Yung, Lisa Bowstead, Louis Kleinman Guests: Brian Carr, Alex Gregor,… Read more »
July 23, 2024 Update from EPA Region 2 on the Status of Work In and Around the Gowanus Canal
In-Canal Update Supplemental dredging near the flushing tunnel to remove recently deposited debris and for grout placement between the armor mats is ongoing. Work began on May 9th and is anticipated… Read more »
June 25, 2024 Update from EPA Region 2 on the Status of Work In and Around the Gowanus Canal
In-Canal Update Supplemental dredging near the flushing tunnel to remove recently deposited debris is ongoing Work began on May 9th Work is anticipated to be completed by the end of… Read more »
May 28, 2024 Update from EPA Region 2 on the Status of Work In and Around the Gowanus Canal
In-Canal Update Supplemental dredging near the flushing tunnel to remove recently deposited debris is ongoing Work began on May 9th Work is anticipated to be completed by the end of… Read more »
Update on the Status of Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup
USEPA Region 2 provided us with the following update on the status of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup on February 27 (edited slightly for elucidation). In-Canal Work Remedial Target Area… Read more »
USEPA Region 2 Response to Gowanus Canal CAG’s October 2023 Resolution Concerning Access to Parcel 4 of the former Citizens MGP Site
On January 23, 2024, Pat Evangelista, Director of EPA Region 2’s Superfund and Emergency Management Division, sent the letter posted below in response to a resolution passed by the Gowanus… Read more »