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Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Eymund Diegel, Emily Mitchell, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Yarish, Susan Yung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid. Fabio Perla, Gowanus Remediation Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can view a video recording of the meeting here<\/a>. Please enter code %m0$UAWI when prompted for access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agency Questions \u2013<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long discussion on how to get basement flood water tested. Per Eymund, if there is a repetitive flooding condition, people could bottle the water (clean container) and have the Water Quality Testing Committee send the sample to the lab at Brooklyn Army Terminal but mostly what they are testing is enterococcyx, not chemicals. Eymund says it is hard to know what chemicals are from historical industry and what is stuff just lying around the basement. However, they would consider doing the testing if the flooding is consistent like Peter\u2019s building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus \u2013 Joan will email the three agencies below to see if test kits could be made available and one of those agencies could do basement flood water testing. DEC, DEP & DOH<\/b>
\u2013 Basement floodwater testing:<\/b> Can residents\/businesses have a practical way to check floodwater for contamination (kits or an agency-supported sampling option)? If kits aren\u2019t recommended, what alternative is feasible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further discussion of whether real-time canal monitoring\/public reporting is a possibility: Can agencies evaluate deploying monitors along the canal\/outfalls (storm-event focused) and publishing results (e.g., open data\/dashboard) with public health context? Prepare an email to DEP \u2013 Alicia West \u2013 ask for it at Bond Street and 2nd Street outflows. (Double check these locations with Eymund). Also reach out to FLOOD NET at NYU<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional questions as a follow-up to Alicia West\u2019s answer to some of our questions (see email correspondence in the addenda here<\/a>):<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing Sewer Backups \u2013<\/b> When or will the City turn to Gowanus? June 9, 2026 Gowanus Oversight Task Force meeting will cover flooding issues.
– Does the new sewer Alicia West described for the west side of the Canal already have a funded line in the City budget?
– Has DEP started to measure how much of first flush the new buildings are capturing?
– A government agency is supposed to model projections for population increases and climate change. Did the scientific projections in the LTCP account for the results of climate change?
\nCan we get a presentation on the issues above?.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Discussed and DEFERRED for further discussion:<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outreach \u2013 can the artists stop dumping their paint in the canal by washing brushes, etc\u2026 Eymund says that this is an issue in the canal.
\n\u2013 What about the CSOs? Even with the tanks, there will still be CSOs in the water. What will happen to those? Is the City prepared to re-dredge? Should we allow sedimentation? How much? Where? At what point must the City re-dredge and do they have a plan for that? CSO\/Bay\/land runoff. Do we have to have a 25-foot channel? Dredging affects the ecosystem. Mussel banks cannot be too far down. Rocks and fish habitat could get ruined by City dredging. Which parts can re-sediment and which parts cannot to remain navigable.
\n\u2013 If re-dredging<\/b> is required, how will the City prevent damage to the cap\/remedy? What methods, monitoring\/verification, approvals, enforcement, and repair\/notification steps would apply if cap disturbance occurs?
\n\u2013 What will the City do if the tanks are not enough to maintain the current SC status of the Canal?
Jason suggested this conversation could wait. Joan says the City has to be pinned down. What is the plan? Some of this may be discussed at June 9, 2026 GOTF meeting but I suspect that will just cover flooding issues.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HYDROLOGY<\/b> 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>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Housekeeping:<\/b>
\n1) PowerHouse<\/b> walkway at Turning Basin 1.
\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?
\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? Katia followed on these two questions \u2013 any answer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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