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… U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of its comprehensive plan to remediate the
Gowanus Canal Superfund site. The plan will address the impacts of more than 150 years of pollution …
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It took nearly 150 years of neglect for the
Gowanus Canal to earn the distinction as one of the nation’s most extensively polluted …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371,
[email protected] Member of the
Gowanus Community Advisory Group and Technical/Water Quality sub-committee will comment at January …
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… year’s investigation, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cleanup options for the
Gowanus Canal that would finally give Brooklyn residents their waterway back. The two primary …
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… of other companies owned by Jacob Marmurstein $482,750 for years of dumping pollution into the
Gowanus Canal. Riverkeeper originally filed a Notice of Intent to Sue (NOIS) against 107 Sixth …
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… initial report EPA issued today confirming the widespread presence of numerous contaminants in the
Gowanus Canal: “Riverkeeper supports the EPA’s initial report on the
Gowanus Canal Superfund …
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… today commended the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to list Brooklyn’s toxic
Gowanus Canal on the Superfund National Priorities List. The decision to list the
canal will begin …
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