Long-serving as an environmental dumping ground, Greenpoint has new cause for celebration — The EPA just added the Meeker Avenue Plume to their list of National Priorities List of Superfund sites.
“The Meeker Avenue Plume site consists of contaminated soil and groundwater containing chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs), including tetrachloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (DCE), and vinyl chloride” says the EPA’s website.
The plume spans several city blocks of the Greenpoint/East…