Minutes of the August 5, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee

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Attendees: Andrea Parker, Katia Kelly, Peter Reich, Erica Eliason, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Alexandra Dadourian, Lisa Bowstead, Louis Kleinman, Susan Yung, Hildegaard Link, Linda Laviolette Guests: Aaron Kaufman, Irene Baker For those of you who were not able to attend, here’s a link to the recording of the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gg9agkE3eua5FdyTLRqPzy0Wp26YDm4z Agenda a) Friends of Thomas Greene Park’s letter… Read more »

Minutes of the July 8, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee

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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… Read more »

Minutes of the May 5, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality & Technical Committee

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Attendees Erica Eliason, Louis Kleinman, Susan Yung, Andrea Parker, Katia Kelly, Celeste LeCompte, Eymund Diegel, Corinne Brenner, Em Ruby, Mike Dulong, Aaron Kaufman (Trust), Irene Baker (National Grid), Gary Francis 1) Finalized email regarding groundwater survey conducted by HRP with questions to EPA and DEC representatives related to Brownfield remediation. The Water Quality Committee seeks clarification on… Read more »

Minutes of the April 7, 2025 Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality & Technical Committee Meeting

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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 on behalf of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection – Michael Como responded. The USGS is looking at Gowanus but, disappointingly, is still only looking at… Read more »

March 25, 2025 Update from EPA Region 2 on the Status of Work In and Around the Gowanus Canal

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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 of today, excavation is 100% complete, pending final elevation surveying. This is a major milestone for the project. Furthermore, it was completed almost six months ahead… Read more »

Minutes of the November 8, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee

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Attendees Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Richard Lawrence National Grid: Terri Thomson Rep for Community Remediation through the Trust: Aaron Kaufman Guests: Corinne Brenner (Gowanus Dredgers), Elizabeth Waldran (Park Slope resident) The Committee’s agenda was to discuss the Turning Basins so that we can make decisions about how they will look, what we lose and… Read more »

Minutes of the October 8, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee

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Attendees CAG Members: Diane Buxbaum, Hildegaard Link, Peter Reich, Joan Salome-Rodrguez, Susan Yung, Katia Kelly, Lisa Bowstead Guests: Brian Carr, Alex Gregor, Aaron Kaufman, Theo Hirsch The Committee discussed the following:  – Gowanus neighborhood air monitoring done by NYCDEP and the request for EPA & NYCDEP to release the complete results to the community. –… Read more »

Minutes of the October 7, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee

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Attendees:  Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung, Katia Kelly, Erica Eliason, Aaron Kaufman, Terri Thomson, Linda LaViolette. Guests:  Corinne Brenner, Theo Hirsch, Sam Asher Agenda was as follows:   1) Filling out the form to be submitted to the DEC with the reclassification petition.   2) At the Committee’s previous meeting, Marlene Donnelly suggested we once again request a… Read more »

Minutes of the September 10, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Land Use Committee

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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, Oscar Fock, Terri Thomson, Aaron Kaufman Here’s a link to the video recording of the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-tVj203tQ1gliRFYINLCmkXwDKJfrJ3f Briefly, the committee discussed the following (please listen… Read more »

NYS DEC/DOH Community Availability Session on Soil Vapor Intrusion, Thursday, September 19, 7 p.m.

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health will hold a Community Availability Session on the Gowanus Canal Area-Wide Soil Vapor Intrusion Investigation on Thursday, September 19, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at PS 372, 215 1st Street in Gowanus. During the session, DEC and DOH will present a summary… Read more »