DEC Invites Public Comment About Application to Amend Brownfield Cleanup Agreement for Site on Kent Ave., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) major amendment application from 470 Kent Ave Associates LLC for a site known as 470 Kent Avenue, site ID #C224053. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 470 Kent Avenue.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224053/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Brooklyn Public Library-Greenpoint Branch, 107 Norman Avenue at Leonard Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Gerald Pratt at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7014; via email at gerald.pratt@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9667. All comments must be submitted by December 17, 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