The NYC Department of Environmental Protection is kicking off its program to develop Long Term Control Plans (LTCPs) for NYC waterbodies impacted by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) with a Public Open House on: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:00pm to 8:00pm Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Visitor Center 329 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222 During the […]
The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are holding public meetings to discuss the recently released Newtown Creek Public Health Assessment. These agencies are looking at environmental information from the Newtown Creek Superfund site and how it relates to public health. A message […]
Mark your calendar: April 26, 2012 at 6pm Ridgewood Democratic Club 6070 Putnam Avenue Ridgewood, NY 11385 In addition to important updates from our members – in particular the Bioremedition and Green Infrastructure Workgroups have been very busy! – we will be hosting a special presentation on the “Historical Ecology of Newtown Creek” by Dr. Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist at […]