DEC Invites the Public to Comment About Brownfield Cleanup Program Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on 10th Ave., Manhattan

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application, Draft Interim Remedial Measures Work Plan and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from Go Covenant LLC for a site known as 550 Tenth Avenue Filling Station Site, site ID #C231148. This site is located in the Borough of Manhattan in the County of New York, and is located at 50 10th Avenue a/k/a 554 10th Avenue.

Access the application, work plans and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231148/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at New York Public Library-Columbus Branch, 742 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10019 and Manhattan Community Board No. 4, 330 West 42nd Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Steven Wu at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at steven.wu@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-6725. All comments must be submitted by August 20, 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