NYSDEC Invites Public to Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Cleanup Plan for Site on Beach 21 Street, Far Rockaway

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from Beach 21st Limited Partnership for a site known as Beach 21st Street Development, site ID #C241239. This site is located in the City of Far Rockaway, within the County of Queens, and is located at 10-47 Beach 21 Street.

A copy of the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at Queens Library at Arverne, 312 Beach 54th Street, Arverne, NY 11692 and Queens Community Board 14, 1931 Mott Avenue, Room 311, Far Rockaway, NY 11691.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Rafi Alam at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at rafi.alam@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9767. All comments must be submitted by November 23, 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