NYSDEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Investigation Plan for Site on Review Ave., Queens

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Supplemental Remedial Investigation Work Plan from for a site known as 28-90 Review Avenue Development, site ID #C241236. This site is located in the neighborhood of Long Island City, within the County of Queens, and is located at 28-90 Review Avenue.

A copy of the application, Draft Supplemental Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents are available at the document repository located at the Queens Library at Court Square, 25-01 Jackson Avenue, Queens, NY, 11101; and at the Queens Community Board 2, 43-22 50th Street, Room 2B, Queens, NY, 11377.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Charles Post at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7016; via email at charles.post@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9768. All comments must be submitted by August 9, 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