Comment submitted by S. Clausen

I am a resident of Brooklyn New York. I lived in Park Slope near the gowanus canal. I have traversed the canal on numerous occasions and can attest to the fact that an oily sheen is frequently visible on the surface of the water. An oily substance can often be seen leaking from the public place property into the canal. The canal often has a foul odor. I believe that a NPL designation for the canal is the only effective way to clean up the canal's heavily polluted sediment. This cleanup will allow economic development of what is now a blighted and largely unused post-industrial area that could be used for many different land uses, including parks, residential, commercial, and even some industrial uses. I urge the EPA to add the Gowanus canal to the NPL.