[CPEO-BIF] EPA proposes to list Newtown Creek, New York City

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA recommends Superfund for Newtown Creek

By Aaron Short
Courier-Life Publications (NY)
September 23, 2009


North Brooklyn got some super news this week.

After two decades of analysis and environmental testing, the 
Environmental Protection Agency has recommended adding Newtown Creek to 
the federal Superfund Priority list, an initial step towards federal 
intervention to cleaning up the long-polluted Brooklyn waterway.

"Newtown Creek is one of the most grossly-contaminated waterways in the 
country," said Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou. "By listing 
the Creek, EPA can focus on doing the extensive sampling needed to 
figure out the best way to address the contamination and see the work 
through."

Testing has occurred on a 3.8-mile site near Newtown Creek by several 
governmental agencies since 1980. After intense lobbying from Rep. Nydia 
Velazquez (D-Williamsburg) and Anthony Weiner (D-Sheepshead Bay), the 
EPA began to get more involved in conducting samples along the Creek. 
After publishing a report in September 2007 reviewing past work and 
recommendations regarding future work at the Creek, the EPA announced it 
would conduct further investigations over mitigating pollution along the 
waterway.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/09/23/brooklyn/brooklynbitircx09232009.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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