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EPA’s Dave Mickunas explains real-time naphthalene monitoring.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_2944-scaled.jpg?resize=580%2C435&ssl=1\")
EPA’s Natalie Loney gives an overview of the Gowanus Superfund cleanup.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250211_013351810-edited.jpg?resize=580%2C580&ssl=1\")
Thanks, EPA TAGA team!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250211_012718378-scaled.jpg?resize=580%2C326&ssl=1\")
A closer look at the lab equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/a><\/a><\/a> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nYou can find copies of the printed materials we had on-site in this Google Drive folder<\/a>, including an example of the data collected by the equipment on the bus from December. Feel free to print and share. You can also watch and share this nice piece from News12<\/a> about the event! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All of these documents are available on websites hosted by the various agencies and organizations that are working on cleanup efforts in our neighborhood, along with many other resources. Below are some more details and links, as well as some ways to stay involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Gowanus Canal Superfund website<\/a> has extensive information about the Superfund cleanup effort, including video and materials from a December 2024 presentation<\/a> about the excavation and odor mitigation plans.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- The NYC Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s Gowanus Canal website<\/a> has many additional resources about the tank project, including weekly construction updates (you can sign up for emails here<\/a>), daily air quality data<\/a> and monitoring reports<\/a>, and more.
<\/li>- The Gowanus Remediation Team, overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is performing the Superfund clean-up in the Canal, including dredging historic industrial contamination. Progress and monitoring of this work is posted on this website<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- We also heard many questions from attendees about New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s soil vapor intrusion <\/a>investigation in Gowanus. This program focuses on indoor air quality issues in the neighborhood, related to former industrial sites near the Gowanus Canal. More resources can be found here.<\/a> The State provides testing, mitigation, and support for building owners in the area.
If you are a property owner in the Gowanus Canal Area who has not yet responded to New York State\u2019s offer for indoor air sampling and are interested, contact DEC Project Manager Aaron Fischer (aaron.fischer@dec.ny.gov<\/a> or (518) 402-9805). If you are a tenant, contact your landlord\/property owner to request that the property owner comply with the State\u2019s sampling requests. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation also oversees remediation on numerous sites across the neighborhood. You can access site-specific remediation plans and monitoring data here (here is a <\/a>guide to navigating the website) <\/a>and sign up for here for email updates<\/a> on all of their work in the neighborhood.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
If you were inspired to get more involved or wanted to learn more, the Community Advisory Group is here to help.<\/strong> We’re all volunteers who live and work in the neighborhood, and there are several ways to get involved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- You can email us at gowanuscag@gmail.com<\/a> with questions or issues you\u2019d like the CAG to be aware of, or you can invite us to come speak with your community group or organization. (Yes, we do house calls!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- We host monthly public meetings with the EPA to get updates on the overall Superfund project and share community concerns. The next meeting is on February 25, at 6:30pm, on Zoom<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- You can email us at gowanuscag@gmail.com<\/a> with questions or issues you\u2019d like the CAG to be aware of, or you can invite us to come speak with your community group or organization. (Yes, we do house calls!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation also oversees remediation on numerous sites across the neighborhood. You can access site-specific remediation plans and monitoring data here (here is a <\/a>guide to navigating the website) <\/a>and sign up for here for email updates<\/a> on all of their work in the neighborhood.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- The Gowanus Remediation Team, overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is performing the Superfund clean-up in the Canal, including dredging historic industrial contamination. Progress and monitoring of this work is posted on this website<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- The NYC Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s Gowanus Canal website<\/a> has many additional resources about the tank project, including weekly construction updates (you can sign up for emails here<\/a>), daily air quality data<\/a> and monitoring reports<\/a>, and more.