Please join us for our April General Meeting, on Tuesday, April 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for our first-ever virtual meeting via Zoom. All of our meetings are open to the public. To participate in the meeting, please email CAG Facilitator Doug Sarno at doug[at]forumfg[dot]com to request an access code. DRAFT AGENDA (all times… Read more »
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CANCELLED: Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting
In keeping with best practices for limiting person-to-person transmission of the Novel Coronavirus, we are cancelling our March General Meeting, which had been scheduled for March 24th. If any important developments or news happens regarding the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup, we will keep you informed by posting information to this website, emailing it to our… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting
Please join us for our February General Meeting, on Tuesday, February 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. All of our meetings are open to the public. The meeting will feature a detailed update from the EPA on the plans… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, February 25, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our February General Meeting, on Tuesday, February 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. All of our meetings are open to the public. The meeting will feature a detailed update from the EPA on the plans… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting
Please join us for our first General Meeting of 2020, at Mary Star of the Sea, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:40 PM: Welcome and Introductions 6:45 – 7:15 PM: USEPA Project Updates Q&A 7:15 – 7:45 PM: Overview of USACE Storm Barrier… Read more »
EPA Issues Administrative Order Requiring Start of Gowanus Canal Superfund Site Cleanup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it is issuing an administrative order requiring the start of the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal. The EPA cited the order as a major milestone in the cleanup of the site. It covers the cleanup of roughly the upper third of the canal, designated as… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, January 28, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our first General Meeting of 2020, on Tuesday, January 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. All of our meetings are open to the public. DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:40 PM: Welcome and Introductions … Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, December 3, 6:30 p.m. (LOCATION CHANGE)
Please join us for our final General Meeting of 2019, on Tuesday, December 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd Street, #E300, in Gowanus (please note this is a change from our regular meeting place). All of our meetings are open to the public. DRAFT AGENDA (all… Read more »
Minutes of the September 24, 2019 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group
Gowanus Canal CAG General MeetingTuesday, September 24, 2019Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments, 41 1st Street Announcements: Doug Sarno opened the meeting at 6:35. Minutes from June approved. Project Updates Christos Tsiamis, EPA Remedial Project Manager for the Gowanus Canal cleanup, presented the EPA updates. EPA has the “no fishing” signs ready, thanks to… Read more »
NYC Department of Environmental Protection Response to EPA’s Rejection of CSO Retention Tunnel Proposal
On October 3, 2019, New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Vincent Sapienza responded in writing to US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Administrator Pete Lopez regarding EPA’s rejection of the city’s proposal to build a tunnel to capture combined sewer overflow rather than the tanks proscribed by the EPA. The EPA has ultimate… Read more »