DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Canada Dr., Dewitt

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Bowers Business Park, LLC for a site known as Bowers Business Park, site ID #C734145. This site is located in the Town of Dewitt, within the County of Onondaga, and is located on Canada Drive.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C734145/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at the Community Library of Dewitt & Jamesville, 5110 Jamesville Road, Dewitt, NY, 13078.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Karen Cahill at 615 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, NY, 13204; via email at karen.cahill@dec.ny.gov, or by calling (315) 426-7551. All comments must be submitted by May 14, 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