I wasn't able to make it to the Community Forum about Superfund status for the Gowanus Canal last night at PS 32 but Pardon Me for Asking and Found in Brooklyn were there. Here are excerpts from their reports. Read more at their sites linked below.
Pardon
me for asking, but at last night's meeting on the Gowanus Canal
Superfund Nomination, did you hear that the EPA normally measures
pollutants in parts per millions, and sometimes in trillions, but that
in the Gowanus Canal , pollutants are measured in parts per hundreds?
me for asking, but at last night's meeting on the Gowanus Canal
Superfund Nomination, did you hear that the EPA normally measures
pollutants in parts per millions, and sometimes in trillions, but that
in the Gowanus Canal , pollutants are measured in parts per hundreds?
Did
you also hear that on the Hazard Ranking System, the minimum score of
eligibility is 28.5? The Gowanus scored 50 out of 100 on the very first
test. No further tests were necessary to convince the US EPA to
nominate the canal as a Superfund site.
It pretty much felt like the Gowanus Canal becoming a Superfund site
was a done deal at this meeting. Walter Mugdan, Director of Emergency
& Remedial Response Division of the Environmental Protection Agency
gave a clear and coherent overview of just exactly the objective of
this project is. It was SO refreshing to hear someone with an actually
scientific background say that “there is no RATIONAL DEBATE” regarding
the fact that this area needs to be cleaned up BEFORE (unlike the
Toll’s plan) building. THANK YOU!!!
was a done deal at this meeting. Walter Mugdan, Director of Emergency
& Remedial Response Division of the Environmental Protection Agency
gave a clear and coherent overview of just exactly the objective of
this project is. It was SO refreshing to hear someone with an actually
scientific background say that “there is no RATIONAL DEBATE” regarding
the fact that this area needs to be cleaned up BEFORE (unlike the
Toll’s plan) building. THANK YOU!!!