CG CORD/Carroll Gardens Coalition for
Respectful Development
www.carrollgardenspetition.blogspot.com
Brooklyn, NY
March 28, 2013
CG CORD Comment on
the EPA Proposed Gowanus Canal Clean-Up Plan
http://www.epa.gov/region2/
http://www.epa.gov/region2/
We at CORD, the
Carroll Gardens Coalition for Respectful Development wish to begin by thanking
our "team" at Region 2 for their leadership, transparency and
timeliness. But most of all, we wish to express our gratitude for their clear
and ever present dedication to our Community.
We are very
supportive of the Proposed Plan. We are delighted with the inclusion of the
retention tanks. We totally support the suggested locations of those tanks,
the "salt lot" on Second Avenue, and under the former MGP site
at the head of the Canal, AKA Thomas Greene Park.
It is our sincere
wish that the retention tank system be implemented.
We see the New York
City Long Term Control Plan mentioned many many times in the PRAP. In our
experience, the City of New York has fallen short on most if not all of their
promises regarding the Gowanus Canal and we see no reason to believe that their
track record will improve anytime soon. With that in mind, we feel that the
retention tank system is the only logical way to appropriately address the
problems brought on by the CSO's. Any additional improvements/benefit
that may eventually be enjoyed city wide by the NYC LTCP will be
much appreciated icing on the cake--
Regarding the CDF/Red
Hook Facility suggestion- we stand solidly behind the wishes of our neighbors
in the Red Hook Community. We want whatever they want.
CG CORD Co-Founders:
Lucy DeCarlo
Rita Miller
Triada Samaras
