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  • Call NumberGEHP_0119
  • Summary(0:19) History of ExxonMobil in Greenpoint -- (1:36) ExxonMobil lawsuit and remediation -- (3:01) Remediation timeline -- (4:00) Liquid recovery -- (5:20) Department of Health doing vapor intrusion studies -- (6:08) Working with property owners and public to stay informed
  • Date2019-03-01
  • Physical Description1 sound file (8 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorThompson, Kevin
  • 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).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on March 1, 2019 by Acacia Thompson in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectSoil remediation ; Soil vapor extraction ; Oil spills ; Exxon Mobil Corporation ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Clean Water Act ; Oil Spills--Containment ; Oil Spills--Management ; New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation ; Pollution (with transcription).
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview with Kevin Thompson conducted on 2019 March 1.