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Jul 1, 2024 · NEW YORK – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has amended its administrative cleanup order for the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York on June 27, 2024, to address the middle segment of the canal – known as Remediation Target Area (RTA) 2. “Dredging and capping of the upper segment of the Gowanus Canal started in late 2020 and will be ...
Nov 16, 2020 · The cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal Superfund site includes dredging to remove contaminated sediment from the bottom of the Canal, which has accumulated because of industrial activity and combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges.
the Gowanus Canal Superfund site (the “Site”), chosen in accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. '§ 9601-9675, and the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 CFR Part 300. This
Mar 15, 2023 · Today's groundbreaking on the 8-million-gallon CSO tank that the City is building at the head of the Gowanus Canal is a critical step in the larger US EPA Superfund Gowanus Canal clean-up that is making good progress.
Apr 8, 2024 · In 2009 the US EPA proposed adding the Gowanus Canal to the National Priorities List, also known as the Superfund program. EPA studied the Canal and surrounding areas and developed the 2012 Proposed Remedial Action Plan to remediate the site.
Feb 8, 2024 · In fiscal year 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed work on 10 enforcement actions for cleanup work, valued at $175 million, at the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York to address the heavily contaminated sediments within the 100-foot wide, 1.8 mile long canal. Responsible parties will perform dredging ...
The Gowanus Canal Superfund site is located in Brooklyn Community District 6 (CD6), which encompasses the neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Street District, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook.
Jul 1, 2024 · The EPA announced on Monday the next step in its decades-long cleanup of one of the nation’s most contaminated bodies of water. Six parties have been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as bearing the most responsibility for contamination at the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn: Consolidated Edison of New York; Hess Corp.; Honeywell International; Brooklyn Union Gas Co ...
In January of 2020, the U.S. EPA issued an Executive Order requiring the start of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site cleanup. The order involves full-scale dredging and capping of the upper Canal, denominated as Remediation Target Area (RTA) 1, as well as restoration of the 1st Street turning basin.
EPA’s final cleanup plan for the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site. WHAT’S IN THE PLAN? • Removing contaminated sediment from the bottom of the canal by dredging. • Capping the dredged areas. • Implementing controls to prevent combined sewer overflows from compromising the cleanup.
