True to their word, the EPA is keeping the public informed about the Gowanus Canal work that they are currently undertaking. The first update has just been sent around to the community by Natalie Loney, EPA Community Involvement Coordinator. According to the release,the agency will be performing supplemental field work in early December.
This is a lot more transparent than anything the city has ever issued on the subject. Mayor Bloomberg has continued to shamelessly and relentlessly lobby Lisa Jackson, the head of the EPA, against the listing of the Gowanus Canal. The city is still claiming that they have the will and the means to clean the Gowanus as thoroughly as the federal agency.
If that were the case, the city could and should have cleaned the canal twenty years ago.
Read the EPA's statement below:
******AND DON'T FORGET******
The EPA is hosting an informational community meeting on Thursday night.
Please make every effort to attend.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
in the auditorium of
P.S. 32
located at 317 Hoyt Street
BECAUSE THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
AND OF THIS COMMUNITY MATTERS!
The EPA is hosting an informational community meeting on Thursday night.
Please make every effort to attend.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
in the auditorium of
P.S. 32
located at 317 Hoyt Street
BECAUSE THE HEALTH OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
AND OF THIS COMMUNITY MATTERS!
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2 comments:
If the EPA is keeping us informed, can they please simply disclose who at EPA HQ is making these decisions?
Is the person elected or appointed? Who will be held accountable for this action?
Mayor Bloomberg is lobbying the EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, either directly or through her top staffers. I think that should tell you who will be making the decision.
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