see addenda linked here for text<\/a>) the committee had previously approved sending to various agencies regarding the following:
\n– Basement flood water testing.<\/b> DEC & DEP, DOH
\n– Real-time canal monitoring\/public reporting<\/b> DEP \u2013 Alicia West this may deserve a resolution and a presentation
\n– Bond-Lorraine Sewer<\/b> \u2013 DEP Alicia West
\n– CSO’s<\/b> \u2013 DEP Alicia West, EPA Victoria Sacks
\n– Hydrology<\/b> \u2013 This may deserve a resolution:<\/i> Current hydraulic conditions, including groundwater elevations and flow direction. This study by DEC was scheduled for completion in late 2024. Per Aaron DEC is working on it. Followed up with Aaron 4\/27\/2026. See addenda \u2013 we know they are not including toxins in the study. Suggestion \u2013 overlay the map.<\/i> \u2013 Now that Jason has created a tool, can DEC use it once its survey is done? Though we want answers to the questions above, for now, we asked only ETA for the study and what the purpose of it was for DEC.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\nHousekeeping:<\/b>
\n1) PowerHouse<\/b> walkway at TB1.
\n2) Mounding:<\/b> We will follow on the mounding studies once EPA presents on them again. Issue is forward looking \u2013 climate change.
\n3) Dissolved Oxygen Levels:<\/b> Any acknowledgement from Fagel, Waldron or Smith to our resolution re: DO levels, Erica? NOT YET
\n4) OMP:<\/b> What is EPA\u2019s demand for responsible parties to maintain an operation and maintenance plan (OMP) for the Gowanus Canal Clean-up strategy? Who will ensure that the OMP is done going forward? Will EPA continue to check that the water quality remains good and that the cap is intact? Does EPA have an OMP Plan? Where is it? Will follow with Katia at next meeting. Any answer?
\n– Has DEP started to measure how much of first flush<\/b> the new buildings are capturing? We did not cover this yet.
\n– Did the scientific projections in the LTCP<\/b> account for the results of climate change? We eventually will ask questions about this.
\n– Outreach \u2013 can the artists stop dumping their paint<\/b> in the canal by washing brushes, etc\u2026 Eymund said at the June meeting that this is an issue in the canal. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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