On April 11, 2019, Region 2 unilaterally issued a CERCLA 106 administrative order to twenty-eight potentially responsible parties at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York. The order requires those parties to perform several removal activities in preparation for the dredging remedy scheduled to begin in 2020 in the upper Canal, including construction of structural supports at several properties adjacent to the Canal and at two City-owned bridges, and the performance of 10,000 cubic yards of access dredging to construct those supports. In the order, EPA also gives direction to the City of New York, which is one of the PRPs, to ensure that its Environmental Protection and Transportation departments timely review and concur on the structural support designs for the bridges and other critical City infrastructure.
On March 3, 2020, Region 2 unilaterally issued an amendment to a 2019 CERCLA 106 administrative order to twenty-eight potentially responsible parties at the Site. The amendment adds an additional property to the original order's list of locations adjacent to the Canal where structural supports are required in preparation for the dredging remedy scheduled to begin in 2020 in the upper Canal. The work under the amendment is estimated to cost $500,000.
On September 18, 2020, Region 2 unilaterally issued an amendment to twenty-eight potentially responsible parties at the Site. The amendment requires the construction of two bulkheads which are curren