The canal countdown continues!
The Environmental Protection Agency has already extended the public comment period about its proposal to designate the Gowanus Canal as a federal Superfund site, citing the amount of responses the agency has already received.
The comment period will now through July 8.
“It’s not uncommon [to extend the period], especially with the volume of comments we expect to see for a site like this,” said EPA Spokesman John Senn.
To submit your comment, visit www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/pubcom.htm. For more information about the EPA’s proposal to designate the canal for the Superfund program, go to yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a883dc3da7094f97852572a00065d7d8/d06482583c33492c85257592006ae51d!OpenDocument.
