250 Water Street Site (Manhattan) - NYSDEC Extends Public Comment Period Additional 45 Days on Draft Investigation Plan

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NYSDEC Announces an Additional 45-Day Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan for Brownfield Site on Water Street, Borough of Manhattan

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from 250 Seaport District LLC for a site known as 250 Water Street, site ID #C231127. This site is located in the Borough of Manhattan, within the County of New York, and is located at 250 Water Street.

The current public comment period for the draft work plan was to end on December 2, 2019. Due to requests from the public and elected officials, the public comment period is being extended. All comments must now be submitted by January 16th, 2020.

A copy of the work plan and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at the New York Public Library Chatham Square Branch, 33 East
Broadway, New York, NY 10002 and Manhattan Community Board 1, 1 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 in Room 2202 North.

Project documents also are available on the NYSDEC website at:
https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/37550.html (scroll down under New York County)

Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Rafi Alam at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7016; via email at rafi.alam@dec.ny.gov; or by calling 518-402-8606.

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