Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application and Draft Investigation Plan for Site on E. 142nd and E. 143rd Sts., Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation for a site known as Betances Senior Residence, site ID #C203116. This site is located in the Borough of Bronx within the County of Bronx, and is located at 444-454 East 143rd St. and 453 East 142nd St.

A copy of the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at New York Public Library - Mott Haven Branch, 321 East 140th St., Bronx, 10454 and Bronx Community Board 1, 3024 Third Ave, Bronx 10455.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Christopher Allan at NYSDEC – Region 2, Division of Environmental Remediation, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101; via email at christopher.allan@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-4065. All comments must be submitted by November 18, 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