Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Chandler Street, Buffalo

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from 27 Chandler Street, LLC and 37 Chandler Street, LLC for a site known as Chandler Incubator, site ID #C915336. This site is in the City of Buffalo, within the County of Erie, and is located at 27 and 37 Chandler Street.

A copy of the application and other relevant documents are available at the document repository located at North Park Library, 975 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Jaspal S. Walia at NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14203; via email at jaspal.walia@dec.ny.gov or by calling (716) 851-7220. All comments must be submitted by September 14, 2018.

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 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