DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application for Site on North Prospect St., Herkimer

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from HMQ 1890, LLC for a site known as HMQ Site Restoration and STEAM Center, site ID #C622024. This site is located in the Village of Herkimer, in the Town and County of Herkimer, and is located at 220 North Prospect Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C622024/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Frank Basloe Library, 245 N. Main Street, Herkimer, NY 13350.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Daniel Lanners at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7014; via email at Daniel.lanners@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9652. All comments must be submitted by December 31, 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