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  • Call NumberGEHP_0094
  • SummaryLocal officials request Newtown Creek become a federal Superfund site.
  • Date2009-03-20
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, PDF
  • CreatorVelazquez, Nydia
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formattext
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  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on November 29, 2018, as a PDF. Donated for capture by Willis Elkins through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectEnvironmental Protection Agency ; Exxon Mobil Corporation ; Oil spills ; Oil spills--Cleanup ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Oil spills--Environmental aspects
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleReport Reveals Environmental and Financial Burdens on Superfund Program-Group Appeal to EPA Administrator Jackson to Add Contaminated Newtown Creek in Brooklyn, NY to Federal Superfund List