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  • FACT SHEET-New York Harbor - Collection and Removal of Drift

    DESCRIPTION: Reduce hazards and damages to navigation by removing potential sources of drift. Removing abandoned piers, wharves, derelict vessels and debris, and repairing in-use deteriorated shore structures throughout the Port of New York.

  • FACT SHEET - Westchester County Center, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The project site is located in the vicinity of the Westchester County Center complex, near the intersection of the Bronx River Parkway and Central Park Avenue (Route 100). Streambank erosion on the Bronx River stretches for approximately 1600 feet south, downstream of the Central Park Avenue bridge, and continues north of the bridge

  • FACT SHEET - Passaic River - Preservation of Natural Storage Areas

     DESCRIPTION: Flooding has long been a problem in the Passaic River Basin. Since colonial times, floods have claimed lives and damaged property. The most severe flood, the "flood of record," occurred in 1903, and more recent floods in 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, two in 1975, 1984, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2007 and 2010 were sufficiently devastating to warrant

  • FACT SHEET - Spring Creek South (Howard Beach), Queens, NY

    The Spring Creek South study site is located on the northern shore of Jamaica Bay. The study will primarily focus on the vulnerable communities of Howard Beach, Old Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach, and Lindenwood (Howard Beach). These communities were impacted during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, causing damage to property, interruption of

  • FACT SHEET – Staten Island Warehouse

    DESCRIPTION: The Staten Island Warehouse (SIW) is a 1.25-acre site on the north side of Richmond Terrace, directly below the Bayonne Bridge in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. SIW was used by African Metals Corporation to store high-grade Belgian Congo uranium ore from 1940 to 1942. The uranium ore was later purchased by the Manhattan

  • FACT SHEET-Sylvania-Corning, NY

    Coordination with U.S. EPA and NYS DEC is ongoing.

  • FACT SHEET-Middlesex Sampling Plant, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The Middlesex Sampling Plant is located at 239 Mountain Avenue in Middlesex, New Jersey. The facility, which includes several buildings on 9.6 acres, was an entry point for African uranium ores known as pitchblende. These ores, imported for use in the nation’s early atomic energy program, were assayed at the Middlesex Sampling Plant

  • FACT SHEET - Maywood, NJ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP)

    Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).

  • FACT SHEET - Middlesex Municipal Landfill, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The Middlesex Municipal Landfill (MML) is a 37-acre site located approximately 16 miles southwest of Newark and consists of parcels belonging to the Borough of Middlesex and the Middlesex Presbyterian Church. MML was closed to disposal activities in 1974 and has been covered with varying depths of cover material. In 1984 and 1986,

  • FACT SHEET - Hudson Raritan Estuary Restoration, NY and NJ

      SUMMARY: The Hudson Raritan Estuary (HRE) Feasibility Study was initiated in 2001 and subsequently integrated with five (5) other ecosystem restoration studies within the HRE Study Area. The feasibility phase was completed and resulted in the HRE Comprehensive Restoration Plan (CRP) (Volume 1- 2016) which was adopted by the NY/NJ Harbor