{"id":301,"date":"2014-02-13T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T15:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/?p=301"},"modified":"2014-02-25T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T16:33:32","slug":"cag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/13\/cag\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Gowanus CAG?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) is a forum for information and dialogue between representatives of the community and the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (US EPA) about the Superfund clean-up of the Gowanus Canal.\u00a0 The Gowanus CAG, sanctioned and supported by the EPA, was formed in 2010 soon after the Gowanus Canal was designated a Superfund site.<\/p>\n<p>The Gowanus Canal CAG is one of the largest, most active in the United States and is made up of\u00a0over 50 representatives from civic, environmental, business and community organizations as\u00a0well as individual members, all of whom are stakeholders in the community around the Gowanus\u00a0Canal and impacted by the EPA\u2019s Superfund process.<\/p>\n<p>The Gowanus Canal CAG activities include reviewing EPA materials, studies and recommendations, as well as examining related issues of concern surrounding the Canal. The CAG adopts positions that members vote upon, acting as a communication link with the EPA and an inclusive voice for the community. The CAG is comprised entirely of volunteer members, who strive to understand the issues and disseminate this information to the community at large.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us at monthly General CAG and committee meetings, all of which are open to the public. (see calendar).<\/p>\n<p>For more information on EPA CAGs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/superfund\/community\/cag\/whatis.htm\">http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/superfund\/community\/cag\/whatis.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) is a forum for information and dialogue between representatives of the community and the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (US EPA) about the&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/13\/cag\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read What is the Gowanus CAG?\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage","category-outreach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is the Gowanus CAG? - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2014\/02\/13\/cag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is the Gowanus CAG? - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) is a forum for information and dialogue between representatives of the community and the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection (US EPA) about the... 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