NYSDEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application and Draft Investigation Plan for Site on Bruckner Blvd./Saint Ann's Ave., Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from 138 Bruckner Owner LLC for a site known as 138 Bruckner Boulevard, site ID #C203127. This site is located in the Borough of the Bronx and is located at 138 Bruckner Boulevard / 107 Saint Ann’s Avenue.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203127/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Mott Haven Library, 321 East 140th Street, Bronx, NY, 10454; and at the Bronx Community Board 1, 3024 Third Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10455.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Nathan Freeman at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7016; via email at nathan.freeman@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9768. All comments must be submitted by January 23, 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