Notice Details

Contract CSO-GC-SFS-RH3-CP1A is for demolition of existing buildings/garages and site prep of the construction staging area to support the later phases of construction of the new Gowanus CSO tank facility. In September 2013, EPA, acting under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as Superfund), issued its (ROD) describing the selected remedy for the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site, including CSO sediments controls. In May 2014, EPA issued an Administrative Order for Remedial Design (Index Number CERCLA-02-2014-2019) (RD UAO) to the City of New York (City) that contained a Statement of Work (SOW) specifying tasks to design the components of the remedy selected in the ROD for control of combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges and restoration of the 1st Street Turning Basin. The City was directed to institute CSO controls consisting of the design and construction of retention tanks to intercept discharges from the two largest CSO discharges to Gowanus Canal, outfall RH-034 in the Red Hook (RH) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) drainage area and OH-007 in the Owls Head (OH) WWTP drainage area.