Send Your Comment To EPA Regarding Gowanus Canal Clean-Up

I just spent a few minutes writing a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency in regards to the Gowanus Canal's nomination to the National Priority List as a Superfund site. Below is the comment I sent to them. I urge you, dear Reader, to write in as well.

To Whom It May Concern,
I strongly support the efforts of the EPA to declare the Gowanus Canal a Superfund site. I believe that it is important to clean the canal as thoroughly as possible. I also believe that only the Federal Government has the will and the means to achieve this goal.

Our community deserves a clean Gowanus and our children are worth this investment. Our local government has failed our families and the canal miserably. For decades, our officials have promised and achieved nothing.

Their current plan would open the area along the waterway to development prior to a total clean-up. Raw sewage is dumped into the canal after every rain, yet, there are still no concrete plans to address the problem.

I have enclosed a link to photos I have taken of the Canal after a day of rain and of the resulting sewage on the water's surface.

http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/search?q=gowanus+floating

There is only one way to clean the canal, and that is the RIGHT way. Placing the Gowanus on the Superfund list is the best hope this community has of having it done the RIGHT way.

With much appreciation,
Katia Kelly
Carroll Gardens resident

Dear Reader,

Please take some time this week to write in yourself. Below is all the information on how you can comment and get answers. With the proposal of this site to the NPL, a 60-day comment period has just started during which EPA solicits public input regarding this action.

To submit your own comment, follow the link below. You will also be able to upload attachments such as photos or documents.

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=SubmitComment&o=090000648094b7d2

Or send your comment by email to: superfund.docket@epa.gov

The ID Number for Gowanus Canal is: NYN000206222

For questions, contact: Dennis Munhall, Region 2 NPL Coordinator at (212) 637-4343,
email: munhall.dennis@ epa.gov.

You can also contact EPA's Community Involvement Coordinator:

Natalie Loney - (212) 637-3639

loney.natalie@epa.gov

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