NYSDEC Invites Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Cantiague Rd., Town of Oyster Bay

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from GTE Operations Support Incorporated for a site known as the Former Sylvania Electric Products Incorporated Facility, site ID #C130040. This site is located in the Town of Oyster Bay, within the County of Nassau, and is located at 70-140 Cantiague Rock Road.

A copy of the application and other relevant documents are available at the document repository located at the Town of Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Ave., Hicksville, NY, 11801.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Chris Heller at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7015; via email at chris.heller@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9625. All comments must be submitted by September 13, 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