Damascus Road Landfill Site (T. Southampton) - Public Comment Invited on Brownfield Application and Work Plan

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DEC Invites Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application and Draft Investigation Plan for Site on Damascus Rd., Town of Southampton

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from the Town of Southampton for a site known as Damascus Road Landfill, site ID #C152253. This site is located in the Town of Southampton, within the County of Suffolk, and is located at 146 Damascus Road.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C152253/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton, NY, 11968.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Melissa Sweet, P.E., 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7015; via email at melissa.sweet@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9625. All comments must be submitted by June 19, 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