While Governor David Paterson had, in a surprise move, called for a federally funded clean-up of the Gowanus Canal last year, he now says that the Environmental Protection Agency should consider another proposal from Mayor Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s plan had been the target of criticism from the EPA and Gowanus residents in the past. The original clean-up plan involved removing toxic sediment from the canal bed. Paterson’s original plan would cost an estimated $400 million, which was to be supplied by federal funds and money collected from polluters, according to the EPA.
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Gowanus Canal cleanup plans up in the air
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