Celebrate Earth Day with Sensitive Area Letter
Monday, April 19th, 2010 Posted in Bronx River, Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Projects, UnBLOGlievable!, Water Committee | No Comments »Today we sent a letter of appeal to the DEC Commissioner BCEQ_Appeal_Sensitive_Area_04192010 DEC response to our request DEC_reply_to_BCEQ__Requesting_Sensitive_Area_(3-5-10) BCEQ request to designated Bronx and Harlem Rivers as Sensitive Areas BCEQ__Requesting_Sensitive_Area_02172010 Help us by signing a petition and/or a letter and emailing it to ...
Sensitive Area Campaign
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Bronx River, Committees, Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | No Comments »BCEQ letter BCEQ__Requesting_Sensitive_Area_02172010 Sample letter for your organization to sign Senstive Areas Organization Letterhead Petition for your and your friends to sign PETITION Sensitive Areas
Program Water Conference, March 17th
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Bronx River, Committees, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Working Group, Low Impact Development, Membership Committee, Water Committee, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | No Comments »PROGRAM “Examining Harlem River Water Quality: Imputs, Effects and Solutions” Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at Manhattan College, Leo Engineering Building 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm, Main Auditorium: GENERAL MEETING What is the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program? What is an Estuary? ...
Harlem River Conference: March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Calendared Items, Committees, Front Page News, Membership Committee, Water Committee | No Comments »The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality present the 9th Water Conference and 39th Annual Membership Meeting “Examining Harlem River Water Quality: Inputs, Effects and Solutions” Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm Manhattan College, Leo Engineering Building 3825 ...
Water Committee Work
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in Water Committee | No Comments »AGENDA 1. Flyer (to go in envelope to 500 people with BCEQ brochure) PDF BCEQ Flyer 2010-02-22 DOC BCEQ Flyer 2010-02-22 Newsletter Winter_2010ka FEB 4 final 2. Agenda Draft BCEQ Agenda 2010-02-22 3. Letter HR senstive area BCEQ Requesting Sensitive Area 02072010 , and ...
Draft Action Agenda for DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program
Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Posted in Bronx River, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | No Comments »http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5104.html The Draft Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda 2010-2014 (pdf, 2MB) is now available for public comment. Written comments on the draft may be submitted until February 22, 2010. Comments can be sent via e-mail to hrep@gw.dec.state.ny.us (please include the words ...
In the NY Times: Panel Suggests 100 Ways Buildings Can Be Greener 02/02/10
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Front Page News, In the News, Parks Committee, Project Green, Water Committee | 1 Comment »By MIREYA NAVARRO Published: February 1, 2010 A panel of experts convened by the mayor and City Council issued more than 100 recommendations Monday on how to make New York City’s building codes more environmentally sound by imposing energy-saving requirements on construction ...
Annual Membership Meeting: March 17 Water Conference
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Board Meetings, Committees, Communications Committee Work, Front Page News, Water Committee | No Comments »The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality is pleased to invite you to the 9th Water Conference at its Annual Membership Meeting on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm at Manhattan College, Leo Engineering Building, 3825 Corlear ...
EPA Stormwater Management Regs for Federal Facilities
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Blogs, Front Page News, In the News, Project Green, UnBLOGlievable!, Water Committee | No Comments »This is really unbelievably exciting. Just reading the fact sheet is terrific! Stormwater Management for Federal Facilities under Section 438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/section438/ You HAVE to download this fact sheet: http://www.epa.gov/owow/NPS/lid/section438/pdf/final_sec438_factsht.pdf
Bronx River plan to abate the combined sewer overflow consent decree
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Bronx River, Front Page News, Low Impact Development, Project Green, Water Committee | No Comments »What can we say? The DEP put forth yet another stellar (not really) plan for Clean Water on the Bronx River. With excuses like, Westchester County pollutes the river; we can not use Green roofs as we have ...
DEP offers Bronx River CSO Plan, August 2009
Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Bronx River, Front Page News, UnBLOGlievable!, Water Committee | No Comments »All of a sudden, after two years of waitin, the Public meeting was called for August 19. We get one month to comment. Send in comments on or before September 18, 2009 to Sue McCormick, P.E. NYS DEC 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-3506 sdmccorm@gw.dec.state.ny.us Here are ...
Sept. 30 – Harlem River Working Group Meeting
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | No Comments »Harlem River Working Group (HRWG) The next meeting will take place on Wed. September 30th, from 6 pm to 8 pm Community Board 7, 229A East 204th Street, btw Grand Conc. & Valentine Ave. This newly formed group, which includes over 30 member organizations, ...
Harlem River Working Group NPS Application filed
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | No Comments »The completed application mailed to the National Park Service (NPS) requested the following help: Organizational Development – the group needs assistance in identifying new stakeholders and in determining the most efficient organizational structure for the group to carry out its work. Planning ...
ALERT: Community Groups — Harlem River needs letter of support
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Working Group, Projects, Water Committee | No Comments »DEADLINE: JULY 27, 2009 SEE DOCUMENTS TO DOWNLOAD BELOW We request your help in the form of a letter of support to the National Park Service to enable a group of interested parties to request funding and staff support ...
Harlem River Working Group (HRWG)
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 Posted in Committees, Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | No Comments »Harlem River Working Group formed at May 6th Meeting The minutes and other important documents are listed below. Please check back often on the righ hand column under PROJECTS and/or WATER COMMITTEE. BCEQ BOA Report - with maps and description of the land ...
Old research
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in CWTP, Water Committee | No Comments »licata affidavit January 2005 notice December 2003 execsumm Dec 2003 20opn Court of Appeals Feb 2001 dseis2004fjpr March 2004
NYC DEP Minor Modification to the Croton Water Treatment Plant Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of June 2004
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in CWTP, Environmental Reviews, Projects, Water Committee | No Comments »Below please find the New York City Department of Environmental Proteciton Minor Modification to the Croton Water Treatment Plant Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of June 2004 Notice dated May 1, 2009 minor_modification_notice Minor Modification dated April 30, 2009 minor_modification
Photos of the 2009 Water Conference and meetings
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in BCEQ Events, Membership Committee, Water Committee | No Comments »This is just a quick upload, there will be identifications and more info later. To see the photos, choose slide show after you click here to open a new window Let us know what you think and if you have more ...
BCEQ Water Committee: Harlem River Working Group minutes and things
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Committees, Water Committee | 1 Comment »The next meeting of the Water Committee is on March 5 at 4 pm at 3840 Corlear Avenue, Room 203. Documents can be accessed on this web page. Minutes: february-19-meeting-of-the-water-committee and february-5-first-meeting-of-the-water-committee Breakout Worksheet breakout-group-outline031109 Tasks and Responsibilities table-of-tasks Prior Conference Summaries: 2007 summary-of-6th-annual-bceq-water-conference ...
8th Annual Water Conference & Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 Posted in Committees, Front Page News, Water Committee | 1 Comment »Bronx Council for Environmental Quality 8th Annual Water Conference & Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:30pm to 7pm Manhattan College, Leo Engineering Building 3825 Corlear Avenue @ W238th Street Bronx, NY (#1 train or Bx9 to W238th Street) This year’s conference will ...
