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The Record of Decision (ROD) for Operable Unit 4 (OU4) of the Newtown Creek Superfund site was signed on January 16, 2025. The ROD documents the selection of an interim, early action for the East Branch portion of OU1 of the Site and can be found at the following link: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/02/747011.pdf You can also find […]

US EPA Region 2 has asked us to forward the site update for June 2024, which includes a list of acronyms at the end. LINK HERE.

The Newtown Creek Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustee Council have extended the comment period for the Draft Newtown Creek NRDA Plan. You can access a copy of the draft plan here, along with instructions for submitting comments. The comment period has been extended until May 30, 2024. A copy of the notice of extension

Click here to view the EPA responses to CAG comments on the Remedial Investigation (RI) report. Along with the written responses, EPA included this message: EPA would like to reiterate it’s appreciation of your diligent and thoughtful review. In order to respond to each aspect of the CAG comments we grouped comments into sub-comments to

Click here to view the Contaminated Sediment Technical Advisory Group (CSTAG) recommendations regarding Operable Unit 3 (OU3) of the Newtown Creek Superfund site. The recommendations are based on CSTAG’s review of a site information package submitted by EPA Region 2 regarding the draft Focused Feasibility Study for OU3, as well as the presentations/discussions held during

EPA has posted a proposed plan for operable unit 2 (OU2), identifying a preferred alternative for addressing releases of chemicals of potential concern (COPCs) from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into the Creek. EPA will be holding two public meetings to explain the Proposed Plan and all of the alternatives presented in the Focused Feasibility Study.

At the June 19 Newtown Creek Technical CAG meeting, EPA made the Draft Executive Summary for the Newtown Creek 2019 Draft Remedial Investigation Report available to be posted.  The Executive Summary (ES) for the Newtown Creek 2019 Draft Remedial Investigation (RI) Report drafted by the Newtown Creek Group (NCG) is available below. This draft of the

At the June 19 Newtown Creek Technical CAG meeting, EPA made the Draft Executive Summary for the Newtown Creek 2019 Draft Remedial Investigation Report available to be posted.  The Executive Summary (ES) for the Newtown Creek 2019 Draft Remedial Investigation (RI) Report drafted by the Newtown Creek Group (NCG) is available below. This draft of the

The Newtown Creek Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG) is forming a technical committee to help review a number of technical documents pertaining to the investigation and eventual proposed remedies for the site. The CAG is beginning to obtain more of these documents and needs help from folks that are interested in the Newtown Creek site and/or

Hello everyone, Please take a look at the Vision Principles for Newtown Creek Restoration. These are very important because the Environmental Protection Agency will develop its list of cleanup alternatives based on the risk assessments and the community vision for the clean up. During our next CAG meeting we will be facilitating a discussion about the list. Please