2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:14:25 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Gowanus Canal update, Brooklyn, New York
 
EPA in no rush to Superfund; more tests coming for filthy canal

By Stephen Brown
The Brooklyn Paper (NY)
December 4, 2009

Hopes for the Gowanus Canal to quickly be designated a Superfund site were reigned in on Thursday night as a top federal official cautioned that it is very rare for a proposal to be approved in less than a year.

"It is unusual for a Superfund listing to be made in less than one year, even for sites that aren't as controversial as this one," said Walter Mugdan, the regional Superfund director for the Environmental Protection Agency, which started the Gowanus process in April.

Given how much time has passed - and how much is already known about the toxic corpse of water - hopes were high that this informational meeting would actually serve as the forum for announcing the Superfund designation.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/49/32_49_sb_gowanus_meeting.html

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Lenny Siegel
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