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 »
Committee: Water Quality & Technical
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Submits Reclassification Petition to NYS DEC for Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards
At its October 22, 2024 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution, agreeing to submit the petition for reclassification of the Gowanus Canal’s surface waters (currently designated Class-SD, to Class-SC, meaning the waters shall be suitable for fish, shellfish and wildlife propagation and survival, as well as primary and secondary contact… Read more »
Minutes of the October 7, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
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 »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Petitions NYS DEC to Reclassify Gowanus Canal Surface Waters to Fishable and Swimmable
At its September 24, 2024 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution, initiated by the Water Quality/Technical Committee, petitioning the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to reclassify the Gowanus Canal’s surface waters, currently designated Class-SD, to Class-SC, meaning the waters shall be suitable for fish, shellfish and wildlife… Read more »
Minutes of the September 9, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Terri Thompson, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung, Aaron Kaufman, Erica Eliason, Linda LaViolette, Corinne Brenner. Agenda was simple – review the petition to reclassify the waters of the Gowanus from SD to SC (fishable/swimmable). We went over the document word for word and Joan then sent a complete version to the full CAG for… Read more »
Minutes of the August 5, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Erica Eliason, Emily Ruby, Marlene Donnelly, Eymund Diegel, Aaron Kaufman, Katia Kelly, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung The Committee discussed the following: 1. Aaron Kaufman alerted us to the closure of a sewage outflow (unlicensed) at the 3rd Street Bridge (south side) on the Gowanus Canal. Appears it comes out of the concrete mixing facility…. Read more »
Minutes of the June 3, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Eymund Diegel, Richard Lawrence, Joseph Alexiou, Louis Kleinman, Erica Eliason, Aaron Kaufman The Committee discussed the following: 1. Water Quality will begin to review materials in order to prepare written comments related to the below public notice from DEC: Public Notice Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making – NYS Triennial Review of Water… Read more »
Upcoming Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Three Gowanus Canal CAG Committees will hold their February meetings this week. The scheduled meetings are as follows: Archaeology and Historic Preservation Committee Monday, February 5th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., via GoToMeeting video conference. Join GoToMeeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.goto.com/842804117 You can also dial in using your phone: Access Code: 842-804-117United… Read more »
Upcoming Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Four Gowanus Canal CAG Committees are scheduled to hold their first meetings of 2024 during the week of January 8th. The planned meetings are as follows: Archaeology and Historic Preservation Committee Monday, January 8th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., via GoToMeeting video conference. Join GoToMeeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.goto.com/420670725 You can… Read more »
EPA Takes Steps to Address Low Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Gowanus Canal While Flushing Tunnel is Offline
EPA Region 2’s Joel Singerman sent the following note to the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group today regarding efforts to address low dissolved oxygen levels in the canal while the flushing tunnel is not operating. “In an effort to alleviate the low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in the upper portion of the canal during CSO… Read more »