{"id":6186,"date":"2020-12-17T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:41:37","slug":"gowanus-canal-community-advisory-group-resolution-in-support-of-epa-letter-regarding-gowanus-superfund-rod-and-gowanus-rezoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/17\/gowanus-canal-community-advisory-group-resolution-in-support-of-epa-letter-regarding-gowanus-superfund-rod-and-gowanus-rezoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution in Support of EPA Letter Regarding Gowanus Superfund ROD and Gowanus Rezoning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"lead\">At its December 1, 2020 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution in support of an October 27th letter sent by EPA Region 2 to the New York City Departments of City Planning (DCP) and Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding the Gowanus Superfund Record of Decision and the Gowanus Rezoning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resolution reads as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Resolved:<\/strong><br>The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) strongly supports the position EPA states in its October 27th letter to the NYC DEP and NYC DCP regarding the proposed rezoning of the land surrounding the banks of Gowanus Canal, \u201c<em>that any rezoning impacting the Canal must proceed in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment, as envisioned in EPA&#8217;s Canal remedy<\/em>\u201d and affirmed in the 2013 Gowanus Canal Record of Decision (ROD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background:<\/strong><br>The EPA clarifies for the DCP and DEP that EPA\u2019s role under CERCLA also includes: \u201c<em>ensuring that future land-use changes do not adversely affect the integrity of Superfund cleanups, including the ongoing work at the Gowanus Canal<\/em>\u201d; and in a May 2019 letter the EPA \u201c<em>directed the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to provide rezoning-related information to EPA as part of the CSO tank design process.<\/em>\u201d And the EPA again reiterates that \u201c<em>Progress on the CSO tanks . . . has been delayed by DEP<\/em>\u201d, while \u201c<em>Progress on the Canal cleanup is among the factors cited by the City in support of the rezoning<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Gowanus-CAG-Resolution-Support-of-EPAs-Letter-Dated-10.27.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see a PDF version of the full resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its December 1, 2020 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution in support of an October 27th letter sent by EPA Region 2 to&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/17\/gowanus-canal-community-advisory-group-resolution-in-support-of-epa-letter-regarding-gowanus-superfund-rod-and-gowanus-rezoning\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution in Support of EPA Letter Regarding Gowanus Superfund ROD and Gowanus Rezoning\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,72],"tags":[31,29,25,110,30],"class_list":["post-6186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage","category-resolutions","tag-gowanus-cag","tag-resolution","tag-retention-tanks","tag-rezoning","tag-rod"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution in Support of EPA Letter Regarding Gowanus Superfund ROD and Gowanus Rezoning - 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\/2020\/12\/17\/gowanus-canal-community-advisory-group-resolution-in-support-of-epa-letter-regarding-gowanus-superfund-rod-and-gowanus-rezoning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution in Support of EPA Letter Regarding Gowanus Superfund ROD and Gowanus Rezoning - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At its December 1, 2020 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution in support of an October 27th letter sent by EPA Region 2 to... 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