The EPA is accepting comments until Oct. 28.
Tag: EPA
Posted inEnvironmental
Join the EPA at a Newtown Creek Superfund Site Clean Up Meeting Tonight
The meeting is 6:30 TONIGHT at Elsewhere.
Posted inEnvironmental
What’s Happening with Vapor Intrusion at Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site
The EPA is currently doing sampling at the Cooper Park Houses.
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
This Day in Greenpoint History: Standard Oil Plant Up in Flames Again
Another footnote of Greenpoint’s oil refinery saga.
Posted inNews
Annual North Brooklyn Dolphin Sightings Continue at Newtown Creek Nature Walk
The dolphin sightings keep on coming.
Posted inNews
EPA Prepares to Collect Residential Samples from Meeker Ave Superfund Site
They’re also seeking community involvement.
Posted inEnvironmental
Clean-Up of Newtown Creek Superfund Site Pushed Back Until 2032
Not a typo, sadly.
Posted inNews
EPA Extends Comment Period for Newtown Creek Control Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment deadline to Febraury 28th on the proposed control plan to partially reduce combined sewage overflow into the Newtown Creek superfund site […]
Posted inNews
EPA Proposes Newtown Creek Tunnel to Divert 61 Percent of Annual Wastewater Overflow
The Environmental Protection Agency released a control plan for Newtown Creek to divert 61 percent of the raw sewage and wastewater that overflows into the superfund site each year.
Posted inNews, The Hook-Up
Newtown Creek Clean by 2035!, BQE Weekend Woes, and Greenpoint is the New Home Design Capital of the World! – The Hook-up 10/28
A green cab driver was shot in the leg early last Friday morning when he tried to speed away from two armed assailants attempting to rob him and his passenger. […]