NYSDEC Announces a Virtual Public Meeting and Extension of Public Comment Period for Syosset Park Lots 251 and 252 Brownfield Cleanup Site

Virtual Public Meeting

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Live via WebEx:

https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1d8bf20bb8a24cc23352a802066d24c2

The public is invited to a WebEx virtual meeting starting at 7 p.m. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York State Department of Health (DOH) project experts will provide a presentation detailing the Brownfield Cleanup Program, the site history and proposed site cleanup plans, and answer site-related questions from the public.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) Draft Remedial Action Work Plan for a site known as Syosset Park Lots 251 and 252, site ID #C130002. This site is located in the Town of Oyster Bay at 305 Robbins Lane.

The initial public comment period for the work plan ended on January 11, 2021. Due to requests from the public and elected officials, the public comment period is being extended and all comments must now be submitted by February 10, 2021. DEC will consider those comments prior to the finalization of the cleanup plan.

A copy of the Remedial Action Work Plan and other relevant documents are available at the document repositories located at:

Syosset Public Library
225 South Oyster Bay Road
Syosset, NY 11791
(516) 921-7161 extension 212

NYSDEC Region 1 Office
SUNY at Stony Brook
50 Circle Rd
Stony Brook, NY 11790-3409
(631) 444-0240

Project documents are also available on the NYSDEC website at:
https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C130002/

Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager, Kerry Maloney, at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233 or via email at Kerry.maloney@dec.ny.gov.

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 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