The Birth of Green Infrastructure in the Bronx #2

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 Posted in BCEQ Events, Board Meetings, climate changge, Committees, Front Page News, Green Infrastructure, Parks Committee, Resiliency and Sustainability, Water Committee | Comments Off on The Birth of Green Infrastructure in the Bronx #2

This is the second of our series celebrating the fifty years of BCEQ.  This one was supposed to be online (but I forgot to keep on recording), but FACEBOOK to the rescue.  I hope you all can find it with ...

BCEQ Comments Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 Posted in climate changge, Committees, Front Page News, Green Infrastructure, Permits Comments and locations, Resiliency and Sustainability, sustainable parks, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ Comments Zoning for Coastal Flood Resiliency

NYC offered a zoning amendment to help the low lying areas of the city recover from Superstorm Sandy. It included changes that will harden the waterfront. They provided an Environmental Review because of potential impacts. BCEQ comments the the Draft ...

Greening the Bronx: Clean, Capture and Soak-In Rain

Saturday, March 16th, 2019 Posted in Front Page News, Greenversations, Project Green, Resiliency and Sustainability | Comments Off on Greening the Bronx: Clean, Capture and Soak-In Rain

Greening the Bronx with Green Infrastructure is a simple way to clean our water, capture it before it wears out our streets, from flooding or freezing, and help any rainfall/snow to soak into the land, lawns, and ...

BCEQ and Bronx CB 8 Environment and Sanitation Water Working Group

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015 Posted in Committees, Educational Environmentalists, Front Page News, Harlem River BOA, Harlem River Long Term Control Plan, Harlem River Working Group, Water Committee | Comments Off on BCEQ and Bronx CB 8 Environment and Sanitation Water Working Group

Storm Water Runoff Site Survey 1.  WHAT IS THIS? This storm water runoff site survey, prepared by the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality for the Water Working Group of Bronx Community Board 8, is for research purposes. Exploring the impacts of storm water ...

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 ...

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 Facilities

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

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 2009

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 ...