[CPEO-BIF] Gowanus Canal update, Brooklyn, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA in no rush to Superfund; more tests coming for filthy canal

By Stephen Brown
The Brooklyn Paper (NY)
December 4, 2009

Hopes for the Gowanus Canal to quickly be designated a Superfund site 
were reigned in on Thursday night as a top federal official cautioned 
that it is very rare for a proposal to be approved in less than a year.

"It is unusual for a Superfund listing to be made in less than one year, 
even for sites that aren't as controversial as this one," said Walter 
Mugdan, the regional Superfund director for the Environmental Protection 
Agency, which started the Gowanus process in April.

Given how much time has passed - and how much is already known about the 
toxic corpse of water - hopes were high that this informational meeting 
would actually serve as the forum for announcing the Superfund designation.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/49/32_49_sb_gowanus_meeting.html

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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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