NYSDEC Invites Public to Comment About a Brownfield Application for a Site on East 99th St., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from 458 East 99th Street LLC for a site known as 458 East 99th Street, site ID #C224254. This site is located in the City of Brooklyn within the County of Kings and is located at 458 East 99th Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224254/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at Brooklyn Public Library, 1580 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11236 and Brooklyn Community Board 18, 1097 Bergen Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11234.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Shaun Bollers at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at shaun.bollers@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-4096. All comments must be submitted by January 3, 2020.

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