Avery Ave. Brownfield Sites (Flushing) - Public Comment Invited on Brownfield Applications and Draft Cleanup Plans

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Public Comment Invited About Brownfield Cleanup Program Applications and Draft Cleanup Plans for Two Nearby Sites on Avery Ave., Flushing, Queens

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) applications and Draft Remedial Action Work Plans for two nearby sites on Avery Ave., Flushing, Queens:

  • 131-10 Avery Avenue, site ID #C241228, located at 131-10 to 131-18 Avery Avenue;
  • 131-24 Avery Avenue, site ID #C241229, located at 131-24 to 131-32 Avery Avenue.

Copies of the applications, Draft Remedial Action Work Plans and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at Queens Public Library, 41-17 Main St., Flushing, NY 11355 and Queens Community Board 7, 133-32 41st Rd.-Suite 3B, Flushing, NY 11355.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Javier Perez-Maldonado at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at javier.perez-maldonado@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9768. All comments must be submitted by January 5, 2019.

Information about each site 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