DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application for Site on Erie Terrace, Amsterdam

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Mike Keegan and Mary Keegan for a site known as Former Nathan’s Waste and Paper Stock, site ID #C429012. This site is located in the City of Amsterdam, within the County of Montgomery, and is located at 111 Erie Terrace.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C429012/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at the Amsterdam Free Library, 28 Church Street, Amsterdam, NY, 12010.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Joshua Haugh, 1130 North Westcott Road, Schenectady, NY, 12306; via email at joshua.haugh@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 357-2008. All comments must be submitted by August 13, 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 500 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 550 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