DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, and Remedial Investigation Report for Site on East 153rd St. & Brook 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 Remedial Investigation Report from La Central Manager II LLC and La Central II Owner LLC for a site known as La Central Phase II, site ID #C203143. This site is located in the Borough of the Bronx within the County of the Bronx and is located at 625 and 671 Brook Avenue and 503 East 153rd St.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, Remedial Investigation Report and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203143/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Woodstock Library, 761 East 160th St, Bronx, NY 10456 and Bronx Community Board District 1, 3024 Third Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Meghan Medwid at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at meghan.medwid@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9767. All comments must be submitted by January 30, 2021.

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