New York state officials took a year to alert Gowanus Canal residents about toxic fumes rising into a building that houses the popular Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club in Brooklyn.
In the meantime, the Royal Palms site continues to pose indoor air risks, so the DEC accepted a separate plan from Avery Hall Investments to vent the pollution from the ground before it enters the building. But this project doesn’t go as far as what’s typically expected.
Contractors are injecting 40,000 gallons of remedial chemicals underground at 514 Union Street to contain and neutralize hazardous vapors resulting from legacy contamination in the groundwater and soil. Photo from DEC daily field report, Feb. 17, 2023Instead, the project developed a scaled-down alternative at “four ventilation points across the site” in consultation with the New York State Department of Health.
The EPA has likewise voiced concerns that New York State is not remediating "upland" toxic sites sufficiently to safeguard public health and prevent recontamination of the Gowanus Canal. He added in a statement to Gothamist that the DEC prioritizes the protection of public health and the environment and works closely with the state health department to address any immediate exposure concerns.
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