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Jan 21, 2010
TGE DEFEATED:
After nine years of litigation, it ends with more of a whimper than a bang. The New York Court of Appeals denied TransGas permission to take a further appeal to New York's highest court. So TransGas has now officially exhausted all of its appeals and will never, ever build a power plant on our community's waterfront!
There are too many people to thank for this incredible victory. Special recognition must go out, however, to Professor Ed Lloyd and the staff at the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, William Plache with the New York City Corporation Counsel, local attorney Adam Perlmutter, the Pace Energy Project and its lead counsel Victor Tafur (now with Riverkeeper), and Assemblyman Joseph Lentol. Many community organizations and individuals were also critical to the victory -- far too many to list here (this did go on for 9 years after all). Suffice it to say, we are especially grateful to Christine Holowacz and Peter Gillespie who provided great leadership throughout this long fight. |
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GWAPP Issue:
Greenpoint-Williamsburg Waterfront Task Force against TransGas Energy Systems,
LLC.
THE PROJECT
TransGas Energy Systems, LLC ("TGE"), a limited
liability corporation, proposes to permit, construct and operate an 1,100 megawatt combined cycle power plant on the Greenpoint/Williamsburg East River waterfront at the
Bushwick Creek Inlet (1 North 12th St.). TransGas is controlled by energy speculator Adam Victor. His project will have 300 foot smokestacks, spew well over a thousand
tons per year of toxic emissions into our local environment, increase the area's already hightened asthma levels and ruin New York City's and New York State's plans for
parks and residential and commercial development on the Greenpoint/ Williamsburg waterfront.
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MISSION
The Greenpoint/Williamsburg Waterfront Task Force ("Task Force") is a coalition of over 60 community organizations, religious institutions and
Brooklyn Community Board One dedicated to stopping TGE. To assist this effort, the Columbia Univeristy Environmental Law Clinic has joined forces with GWAPP, Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz, Community Board One and the Task Force to represent the community. This website will keep you up to date with the latest information
about the Task Force's activities and TGE's application before the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment. We look forward to your joining
us for the fight!
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|  | PRESS RELEASE: GWAPP rejects TGE's 2/3/05 Community Benefits
Offer
In February 2005 TGE approached the community with offers of $50 million plus dollars for affordable housing if the community agreed to support the powerplant.
GWAPP rejected the offer | | | PRESS RELEASE: COLUMBIA LAW REPRESENTS COMMUNITY
GWAPP has secured probono representation for the community's
fight against the TGE powerplant. Columbia Law's Environmental Law Clinic has taken over the case including a possible Article 78 action against the Siting
Board. | |  | Pataki: Save This Waterfront!
[photo] Our thanks to Norm Brodsky and City Storage for letting us hang this banner
next to the proposed power plant site. Be sure to look for it from the east side of Manhattan or the FDR. | | | Fact Sheet -
English | | | Fact Sheet - Polish | | | Fact Sheet - Spanish | | | Fact Sheet - Stop the Power Plant
Just the facts...Why New York State needs a comprehensive energy plan...What are the emissions and health
effects...what you can do...and the Task Force's top reasons to stop the plant | |  | GWAPP
Preliminary Report on the TGE (Clean Point Energy) Project (Jun. 2001) | | | Task Force Comments on Preliminary
Scoping Statement (Oct. 24, 2001) | | | PSC Comments on Preliminary Scoping Statement (Public Involvement Program) (Oct.
25, 2001) | | | DEC Comments on Preliminary Scoping Statement (Oct. 25, 2001) | | | PSC
Letter to Task Force re Public Involvement Process (Nov. 9, 2001) | | | TGE Response to PSC Preliminary
Scoping Statement Comments (Excluding Public Involvement Process) (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE Response to PSC Preliminary Scoping
Statement Comments (Public Involvement Process) (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE
Response to Task Force Comments on Preliminary Scoping Statement (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE Response to PSC Comments on
Preliminary Scoping Statement (Excluding Public Involvement Process) (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE Response to PSC Comments on
Preliminary Scoping Statement (Public Involvement Process) (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE Response
to DEC Comments on Preliminary Scoping Statement (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE Response to Borough
President's Comments on Preliminary Scoping Statement (Nov. 18, 2001) | | | TGE Response to
Greenpoint/Northside Open House Questions (Nov. 28, 2001) | | | Administrative Judge Lynch Frequently Asked Questions Regarding
Intervener Funds (Dec. 13, 2001) | | | Task Force Letter to DEC re Greenpoint/Northside Process Forum (Dec. 18,
2001) | | | Task Force Letter to PSC re Greenpoint/Northside Process Forum (Dec. 19, 2001) | | | TGE Revised Stipulations & Proposed Studies (2nd Draft) (Dec. 31,
2001) | | | NYISO Scope of System Reliability Impact Study for
TGE Interconnection (Jan. 25, 2002) | | | PSC Letter to J.H.S. 50 re Public Involvement Process re Southside Process Forum (Jan.
31, 2002) | | | PSC Letter to Task Force re Southside Process Forum (Feb. 15, 2001) | | | Task Force
Letter to PSC re Southside Process Forum (Feb. 22, 2002) | | | PSC Invititation to Southside Process Forum (Feb.
28, 2002) | | | PSC Notice of Southside Process Forum (Feb. 28, 2002) | | | TGE Letter Forwarding Draft Stipulations & Proposed Studies (3rd Draft) (Mar. 12, 2002) | | | TGE's Draft Stipulations &
Proposed Studies (3rd Draft) (Mar. 12, 2002) | | | NYS Department of Health Comments to TGE's Draft Stipulations & Proposed Studies
(Mar. 15, 2002) | | | Task Force Comments to TGE Proposed Mar. 22, 2002 Stipulations (Apr. 9,
2002) | | | TGE Demographic Information In Support of Environmental Justice Analysis (Apr. 16, 2002) | | | TGE Letter re Environtmental Justice Analysis (Apr. 16, 2002) | | | TGE Proposed Stipulations Revised (Apr.
16, 2002) | | | Task Force Letter to TGE Forwarding Comments to Stipulations (Apr. 17, 2002) | | | Task Force Comments to TGE Proposed Stipulations (Apr. 17, 2002) | | | TGE Proposed Stipulations (Apr. 26, 2002
Draft) | | | test document
description | | | Pre-Application Memorandum re TGE Facility Land
Use, Cultural and Visual Analyses ( Jun. 11, 2002) | | | Pace Energy Project letter to NYC Department of Environmental Protection (Jul. 16,
2002) | | | NHRP and City Landmark Properties | |
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