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The Battle for the Gowanus Canal - Superfund Cleanup vs. the City Plan (video)
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When the City of New York announced it was going to chase the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Cleanup of the Gowanus Canal out ...
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City Proposes New Plan to Avoid Superfund Listing for Gowanus Canal
nytimes.com - 7/2/2009
City Proposes New Plan to Avoid Superfund Listing for Gowanus Canal
— nytimes.com — The canal is contaminated with pollutants that include pesticides and metals, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. (more) City Proposes New Plan to Avoid Superfund Listing for ...

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The Word "Superfund" Scares the City: A Recap on City's "Alternative to Superfund" Presentation.
foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com - 6/25/2009
The Word "Superfund" Scares the City: A Recap on City's "Alternative to Superfund" Presentation.
— foundinbrooklyn.blogspot.com — Representatives from the City of New York, Cas Holloway and Dan Watsontalked in unconvincing circles tonight at their second presentation this week to discuss alternatives to designating the Gowanus as a Superfund site. Their major points.1. The ... (more) The Word "Superfund" Scares the City: A Recap on City's ...

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Nydia: The Gowanus is ‘Sponge’ worthy!
brooklynpaper.com - 6/29/2009
Nydia: The Gowanus is ‘Sponge’ worthy!
— brooklynpaper.com — The proposed Sponge Park along the banks of the fetid Gowanus Canal is finally living up to its name in one way: it’s soaking up federal money. A pilot version of the park, whose name actually refers to how it will employ vegetation that would retain ... (more) Nydia: The Gowanus is ‘Sponge’ worthy!

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Found in Brooklyn:  Superfund Gowanus vs. The City's Plan

The Word on Columbia Street:  The Battle for the Gowanus Canal - The Video!

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Superfund Gowanus vs. The City's Plan
Found in Brooklyn — The folks at Freddy's Brooklyn Roundhouse have done it again and have added a part two to their series about the Gowanus Superfund Nomination. This show will air BCAT television and Manhattan cable over the next few weeks, starting this Tuesday. But of course you can also watch it right now on Youtube! ...

The Battle for the Gowanus Canal - The Video!
The Word on Columbia Street — A new documentary has been released about the battle over the Gowanus Canal's superfund nomination. Check it out below and then go leave your personal comments at the website If you have trouble with the embedded video, the Youtube link is here ...

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pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — The waters of the Gowanus Canal My friends of The Coalition For Respectful Development (CORD) have just released a statement regarding the proposed listing of the Gowanus Canal as a Superfund site. After attending every meeting held, both by the EPA and by the City, after researching ...
Gowanus Canal Superfund Meeting Recap
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EPA Wants To List the Gowanus Canal As A Superfund Site
onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com 4/8/2009 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to add the Gowanus Canal to the Agency’s Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). That could mean that the Gowanus Canal will one day be clean and beautiful and not the stinky, toxic mess that it ...
Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn May Get Superfund Status
nytimes.com 4/10/2009 — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to add the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, to its list of Superfund sites, a step that advocates hope will revitalize a waterfront hobbled by environmental problems from its industrial past. “The Superfund ...
Last Day To Comment On Gowanus Canal Superfund Listing
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — Seen On Smith Street Just a reminder, dear Reader. Today is the last day to submit your testimony to the EPA regarding the listing of the Gowanus Canal as as Superfund site. If you have not done so yet, I urge you to do so. Carroll Gardener JL did. Below is his testimony.  ...
Conflict over Gowanus Canal Superfund Status
brownstoner.com 4/15/2009 — Add the Gowanus Canal clean-up to the long list of the things the city and the state can't seem to agree upon. The announcement by the EPA last week that it was considering making the Gowanus Canal a Superfund site at the behest of the state's ...
Gowanus Canal clean up tab for city?
nydailynews.com 5/1/2009 — The city could be on the hook to help pay for a federal Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, officials said.
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nypost.com 9/28/2009 — Your editorial, “ ‘Help’ the Gowanus Doesn’t Need” (Sept. 21) has several inaccuracies, the most troubling being the assertion that the Superfund relies solely on litigation to get a cleanup done. The EPA’s Superfund program receives appropriations f...
City Proposes New Plan for Gowanus Canal Cleanup — NYT > N.Y. / Region 7/2/2009
City officials have proposed an alternate plan for the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, in hopes of avoiding a Superfund listing that might lead to litigation and other delays.