NYSDEC Invites Public to Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Investigation and Cleanup Plans for Site on Chandler St., Jamestown

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application, Draft Interim Remedial Measures Work Plan, and draft Remedial Investigation/ Remedial Alternatives Analysis Work Plan from Weber-Knapp Company for a site known as Weber-Knapp Company, site ID #C907048.This site is located in the City of Jamestown, within the County of Chautauqua, and is located at 441 Chandler Street.

A copy of the application, Draft Interim Remedial Measure Work Plan, Draft Remedial Investigation/ Remedial Alternatives Analysis Work Plan, and other relevant documents are available at the document repository located at the Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry Street, Jamestown, NY, 14701.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Damianos Skaros, P.E., at 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14201; via email at damianos.skaros@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (716) 851-7160. All comments must be submitted by July 5, 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