Category Archives: SuperFUNd

Superfund after 10 years

10 years ago today (September 28th) Newtown Creek was designated a federal Superfund site. Dozens of responsible parties identified; thousands of pages of reports written and re-written; millions of data points collected; hundreds of hours of community meetings; and untold millions of dollars spent to date. But where are we after a decade? The EPA […]

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Tell EPA We Need Action on CSO Reduction (Feb 28th Deadline)

The ‘OU-2 Proposed Plan’ is the first major decision the EPA is undertaking in the Superfund cleanup of Newtown Creek since the waterbody’s designation in 2010. The plan is specifically focussed on the impacts of chemicals discharged annually to the Creek via Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO). While the plan is rather complicated in the use […]

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Community Science on the Banks of Newtown Creek

On April 6th, 2019 NCA hosted Community Science on the Banks of Newtown Creek, an afternoon symposium at Kingsland Wildflowers Broadway Stages showcasing the following presentations on various Newtown Creek based research and monitoring projects overseen by NCA and academic and community partners.  Newtown Creek Water Quality Sampling Program – See Project Background Here & See Presentation […]

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2018 Year in Review

Dear Newtown Creek Alliance Friends and Supporters; The marathon of cleaning up and revitalizing Newtown Creek continues! This past year NCA has made large leaps in expanding our outreach, programming and partnerships. Some of our key accomplishments include: Release of the Newtown Creek Vision Plan with Riverkeeper Newtown Creek Curriculum introduced into the Greenpoint Eco-Schools Launch of a new Living […]

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MIBA and NCA Summertime Mix and Mingle

The Maspeth Industrial Business Association (MIBA) and the Newtown Creek Alliance (NCA) invite you to join your industrial neighbors in an informal gathering to learn about the latest happenings on our local Superfund waterway. Light refreshments will be served. Thursday July 12th 5 to 7pm O’Neils 64-21 53rd Drive Maspeth, NY The event is generously […]

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