Secretary of Interior Visits the Harlem River, Bronx NY
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 Posted in Bronx River, Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | Comments Off on Secretary of Interior Visits the Harlem River, Bronx NY-------------------------- Harlem River Working Group Celebrate the Harlem River HRWG is online FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chauncy Young: 646-719-0034 Press Advisory Community residents, environmental organizations and elected officials meet with United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to discussion the Urban Waters Partnership and collaborative efforts to ...
11-9 Hearing – Green Infrastructure: NYC is the last to “Get It”
Friday, October 21st, 2011 Posted in Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Project Green, Water Committee | 1 Comment »NYSDEC & NYCDEP Reach Innovative Draft Agreement to Improve New York Harbor Water Quality Agreement Will Result In an Estimated $2.4 Billion in Green Infrastructure Over 20 Years and More Than $1.6 Billion in Gray Infrastructure Projects to Reduce CSOs Public ...
Huffington Post: Robert Kennedy on Fracking, 10-21
Friday, October 21st, 2011 Posted in Environmental Reviews, Fracking, Front Page News, Water Committee | Comments Off on Huffington Post: Robert Kennedy on Fracking, 10-21________ The Fracking Industry's War On TheNew York Times -- And The Truth 10/20/11, Robert Kennedy, President, Waterkeeper Alliance; Professor, Pace University Superb investigative journalism by the New York Times has brought the paper under attack by the natural gas industry. That campaign of intimidation ...
11-30 NYS DEC Hearing on Fracking – SGEIS link added
Friday, October 21st, 2011 Posted in Fracking, Front Page News, Water Committee | Comments Off on 11-30 NYS DEC Hearing on Fracking – SGEIS link addedNovember 2011 SGEIS and Proposed Regulations Public Hearing (NYC- Afternoon) Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Public hearing on DEC's draft SGEIS and proposed regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, used ...
BCEQ Mini Conference on Harlem River Project UPDATES, Wed. October 12, 2011
Friday, October 7th, 2011 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Projects, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ Mini Conference on Harlem River Project UPDATES, Wed. October 12, 2011Harlem River The Bronx shore of the Harlem River is experiencing lots of exciting changes! Come learn all about them and how you can get involved. WHERE: Roberto Clemente State Park Recreation Center 301 West Tremont Avenue at Mattewson Road By Train: Hudson ...
BCEQ invites you to join us at the City of Water Day at Governor’s Island on July 16.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 Posted in Front Page News, Projects, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ invites you to join us at the City of Water Day at Governor’s Island on July 16.Hi Friends! BCEQ will have a table at the City of Water Day event on Governor's Island on July 16. We want to offer an opportunity for other Bronx Groups to get their messages out. So if any of you have a ...
Annual Membership & Water Conference Meeting
Thursday, March 17th, 2011 Posted in Board Meetings, Calendared Items, Front Page News, Water Committee | Comments Off on Annual Membership & Water Conference MeetingBCEQ Water Meeting April 13, 2011 4-8 PM American Legion Post Lawrence F. Keene 2879 Buhre Ave Bronx, NY 10461 Opening Presentation 4:15 – 4:45 The Bronx –East of the Bronx River in The NYC Waterfront Plan Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance SoundView to Eastchester Bay – A Panel ...
HRWG applies for River Network Urban Waters Capacity Building Grant
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | Comments Off on HRWG applies for River Network Urban Waters Capacity Building GrantHarlem River Working Group applies for the River Network Urban Waters Capacity Building Grant. The goal of the Urban Waters Capacity-Building Grants is to improve our nation’s impaired urban water resources – rivers, lakes, wetlands and more – and the socioeconomically challenged ...
Sensitive Receiving Waters – Designation for the Harlem and Bronx Rivers
Monday, October 4th, 2010 Posted in Bronx River, Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Projects, UnBLOGlievable!, Water Committee | Comments Off on Sensitive Receiving Waters – Designation for the Harlem and Bronx RiversHere are the letters exchanged between BCEQ and the DEC. DEC Commissioner Denied Appeal - BCEQ_DECCom_reject_appeal (8-3-10) Appeal to the DEC Commissioner BCEQ_Appeal_Sensitive_Area_04192010 DEC response - 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 Check out what other EPA regions ...
Sensitive Area Campaign
Monday, March 15th, 2010 Posted in Bronx River, Committees, Front Page News, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | Comments Off on Sensitive Area CampaignBCEQ 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 | Comments Off on Program Water Conference, March 17thPROGRAM “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 | Comments Off on Harlem River Conference: March 17, 2010The 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 | Comments Off on Water Committee WorkAGENDA 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 | Comments Off on Draft Action Agenda for DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Programhttp://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 | Comments Off on Annual Membership Meeting: March 17 Water ConferenceThe 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 | Comments Off on EPA Stormwater Management Regs for Federal FacilitiesThis 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 | Comments Off on Bronx River plan to abate the combined sewer overflow consent decreeWhat 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 | Comments Off on DEP offers Bronx River CSO Plan, August 2009All 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 | Comments Off on Sept. 30 – Harlem River Working Group MeetingHarlem 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, ...
