DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application, Draft Investigation Plan, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, and Draft Remedial Investigation Report for Site on Boone Ave., Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, and Draft Remedial Investigation Report from 1559 Boone Avenue L.P. and 1559 Boone Avenue Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. for a site known as 1559 Boone Avenue Apartments, site ID #C203141. This site is located in the Borough of the Bronx within the County of the Bronx, and is located at 1559 Boone Avenue.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, Draft Remedial Investigation Report and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203141/. The documents will also be available at the document repositories once reopened, located at West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460 and Bronx Community Board District 3, 1426 Boston Road, Bronx, NY 10456.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Richard Mustico at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at richard.mustico1@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9767. All comments must be submitted by December 26, 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