Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Harlem Road, Cheektowaga

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from American Tire, Inc. for a site known as 1550 Harlem Road, site ID #C915321. This site is located in the Village of Sloan, Town of Cheektowaga, within the County of Erie, and is located at 1550 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14206.

A copy of the application and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at East Clinton Branch Library, 1929 Clinton Street, Buffalo, NY 14206 and at NYSDEC Region 9 Office, 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14203.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Jaspal Walia at NYSDEC, 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14203-2915; via email at jaspal.walia@dec.ny.gov or by calling 716-851-7220. All comments must be submitted by August 25, 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