NYSDEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Cleanup Plan for Site on 39th Ave., Flushing

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from Young Nian Group LLC for a site known as Former Assi Market, site ID #C241232. This site is located in the neighborhood of Flushing within the Borough of Queens and is located at 131-01 39th Avenue.

A copy of the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at:

Queens Library-Flushing Branch
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355

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Queens Community Board 7
133-32 41st Road – Suite 3B
Flushing, NY 11355

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Christopher Allan at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at christopher.allan@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-4065. All comments must be submitted by May 18, 2019.

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