DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Investigation Plan for Site at 4778 Broadway, Manhattan

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from M4778 Broadway LLC for a site known as M4778 Broadway LLC, site ID #C231131. This site is located in the Borough of Manhattan within the County of New York and is located at 4778 Broadway.

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

Inwood Library
4780 Broadway
New York, NY 10034

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Community Board 12
530 West 166th St, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10032

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Steven Wu at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st St, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at steven.wu@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-459-7801. All comments must be submitted by June 14, 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