The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group will be conducting all meetings via Zoom conference for the foreseeable future. There are three Committee meetings this week, as follows: Archaeology Committee, Monday, May 4, 5:00 p.m.If you’re interested in joining the meeting, please email CAG Facilitator Doug Sarno at doug[at]forumfg[dot]com for log-in credentials. Water Quality/Technical Committee, Monday,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Water Quality
CANCELLED: Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee Meeting
In keeping with best practices for limiting person-to-person transmission of the Novel Coronavirus, we are cancelling our April Water Quality/Technical Committee meeting, which had been scheduled for April 6th. 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… Read more »
Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee Meeting
Please join the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Water Quality/Technical Committee for our monthly meeting, at Mary Star of the Sea, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. All Gowanus CAG meetings are open to the public.
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Submits Formal Request to NYS DEC for Reclassification of Gowanus Canal Surface Waters to Class-I
The Gowanus Canal Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG) on February 5th submitted a formal request for water reclassification, or a “reclass petition,” to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Division of Water, Bureau of Water Assessment and Management. The CAG seeks to reclassify the surface waters of the Gowanus Canal, north of… Read more »
Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee Meeting
Please join the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Water Quality/Technical Committee for our monthly meeting, at Mary Star of the Sea, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. All Gowanus CAG meetings are open to the public.
Minutes of the January 6, 2020 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee
Proposed Agenda: NYS Superfund Cleanup Work at MGP’s Reclassification Petition UPDATEWaiting on letter of support to submit Jan 8 NYS DEC hearing on reclassification standards; open public comment period through Jan 13 Army Corp Presentation to CAG – coordination update Committee Administrative updates – attendance, procedures for 2020 Attendees: Marlene DonnellyPeter ReichDiane BuxbaumKatia KellyEymund DiegelTerri ThomsonLouis… Read more »
Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee Meeting
Join the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Water Quality & Technical Committee for its monthly meeting. Agenda TBD. All Gowanus Canal CAG meetings are open to the public at large.
Minutes of the November 4, 2019 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee
Last month Terri put together a meeting on the phone with NYSDEC. Water Quality FOILed information about some of what was said, re: 20,000 waterbodies and not enough time. Since 2012, when the CAG submitted a resolution requesting reclassification of the Gowanus Canal, there have been eight requests for reclassification submitted to NYSDEC; four of them were… Read more »
Minutes of the October 7, 2019 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Water Quality/Technical Committee met on Tuesday, October 7, 2019, at Mary Star of the Sea, 41 1st Street. CAG Members present: Diane BuxbaumMarlene DonnellyKatia KellyRichard LawrenceAmy MotznyPeter ReichMaryann YoungSusan Yung Guests (via conference call): Heidi Dubeck (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Section Chief, Remediation)Aaron Fischer (NYSDEC)Ed Hampsten… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings This Week
Several Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committees have meetings scheduled this week, and the NYC Department of City Planning will be hosting an open house regarding the recently released Draft Zoning Proposal for Gowanus. On Monday, February 4, at 6:15 p.m., the CAG’s Archaeology Committee will hold its regular monthly meeting at Mary Star of… Read more »