DEC Invites Public Comment About Application to Amend Brownfield Cleanup Agreement for Site on Tonawanda St., Buffalo

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application to amend the BCA from Fedder Lofts, LLC, for a site known as 71 Tonawanda Street, site ID #C915024. This site is located in the City of Buffalo, within the County of Erie, and is located at 71 Tonawanda Street.

Access the application to amend the BCA and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C915024/. The documents will also be available at the document repository, located at the Riverside Branch Library, 820 Tonawanda Street, Buffalo, NY, 14207.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Glenn May at 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 14203; via email at glenn.may@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (716) 851-7220. All comments must be submitted by January 14, 2022.

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