DEC Invites the Public to Comment About a Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Hertel Ave. and Foundry St., Buffalo

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Kam Cleanup LLC for a site known as Hertel and Foundry, site ID #C915359. This site is located in the City of Buffalo, within the County of Erie, and is located at 356 Hertel Avenue and 42 Foundry Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C915359/. The documents will also be available at the document repositories once reopened, located at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, One Lafayette Square, Buffalo, NY, 14203; and at the North Park Branch Library, 975 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14218.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager David Locey at 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14203; or via email at david.locey@dec.ny.gov . All comments must be submitted by May 22, 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