August 25, 2008
E.P.A. to Evaluate Newtown Creek for Superfund Status
Responding to pressure from Representatives Anthony Weiner and Nydia Velazquez, the E.P.A. has agreed to conduct “preliminary tests” that could lead to Newtown Creek being named a federal Superfund site, City Room reports. In 1978, the Coast Guard realized that a toxic oil plume in Greenpoint's groundwater had been seeping into the creek. A study the following year estimated the contamination at 17 million gallons and 55 acres wide, but it may actually be closer to 30 million gallons, according to a study released last year. If the E.P.A. tests qualify the site for Superfund status, the cleanup will be aided by millions in federal money, and the E.P.A. could sue Exxon Mobil and other companies for polluting the area. And last year attorney general Andrew Cuomo filed his own lawsuit.
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the people who live that area...the one with the sewage factories and waste transfer stations and oil depots...you know all the crap that helps the rest of the city run...shouldnt have to pay taxes...seriously its pathetic how the city abuses that end of greenpoint, treats it like a dump and gives the people of the area nothing in return.
I'm told, a hundred years ago there used to be sandy dunes around the creek and a shoreline where people would fish...you should see it now...sigh
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finally.
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Typo in the post title.
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For more information on the properties/companies along Newtown Creek that the EPA will be sampling/investigating see: http://habitatmap.org/markers?maps=72