Concourse Village West Apartments Sites (Bronx) - Public Comment Invited on Brownfield Applications and Work Plans

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Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Applications and Draft Work Plans for Two Nearby Sites in the Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) applications, Draft Remedial Action Work Plans and Final Investigation Reports from Concourse Village West Owner LLC for the following sites:

  • Concourse Village West Apartments - North, site ID #C203091. This site is located in the Borough of Bronx, within the County of Bronx, and is located at 180 East 156th Street.
  • Concourse Village West Apartments - South, site ID #C203092. This site is located in the Borough of Bronx, within the County of Bronx, and is located at 741 Concourse Village and 702 Grand Concourse.

Copies of the applications, Draft Remedial Action Work Plans, Final Investigation Reports and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at NY Public Library – Melrose Branch, 910 Morris Ave, Bronx, 10451 and Bronx Community Board 4, 1650 Selwyn Ave, Suite 11A, Bronx, 10457.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Steven Walsh at NYSDEC-DER, 625 Broadway-12th Fl, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at steven.walsh@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9824. All comments must be submitted by September 2, 2017.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3

What is the Brownfield Cleanup Program?

New York’s Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) is designed is to encourage private-sector cleanups of brownfields and to promote their redevelopment as a means to revitalize economically blighted communities. The BCP is an alternative to “greenfield” (land not previously developed or contaminated) development and is intended to remove some of the barriers to, and provide tax incentives for, the redevelopment of brownfields. Since its inception (2003), the BCP has catalyzed the cleanup of more than 300 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 350 active sites in the BCP.

Additional information on the State's Brownfield program is available at DEC’s website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html