Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus (T. of Tonawanda) - NYSDEC Extends Public Comment Period for Investigation Proposal

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DEC Announces a 30-Day Extension of Comment Period for Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan for Brownfield Site Located at 3875 River Road, Town of Tonawanda

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus, Inc for a site known as Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus, site ID #C915353, Town of Tonawanda, Erie County.

The current public comment period for the draft work plan was to end on July 31, 2020. In response to requests from the public, the public comment period is being extended. All comments must now be submitted by August 30, 2020.

A copy of the work plan and other relevant documents are available on the DEC website at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C915353/ (Repositories may be temporarily unavailable due to COVID-19 precautions. If you cannot access the online repository, please contact the NYSDEC project manager listed below for assistance.)

Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Benjamin McPherson at 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14203; via email at benjamin.mcpherson@dec.ny.gov; or by calling 716-851-7220.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at:
https://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:
https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html