DEC Invites Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Birch Hill Rd., Oyster Bay

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Klein Cleaners of L.I., LLC for a site known as Klein Cleaners, site ID #C130243. This site is located in the Hamlet of Locust Valley, Town of Oyster Bay within the County of Nassau and is located at 69 Birch Hill Road.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C130243/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Locust Valley Library, 170 Buckram Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager John Sheehan at NYSDEC, 50 Circle Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790-3409; via email at john.sheehan@dec.ny.gov or by calling 631-444-0240. All comments must be submitted by September 18, 2020.

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