DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plans for Site on West 207th St., 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 401 W 207th Realty LLC for a site known as 401 West 207th Street Redevelopment, site ID #C231151. This site is located in the Borough of Manhattan, within the County of New York, and is located at 401 West 207th Street.

Access the application, Draft Interim Remedial Measures Work Plan, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan, and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231151/. The documents will also be available at the document repositories, located at the Inwood Library, 4857 Broadway, New York, NY, 10034; and at the Manhattan Community Board 12, 530 West 166th Street, 6A, New York, NY, 10032.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Madeleine Babick at 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY, 11101; via email at madeleine.babick@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (718) 482-4599. All comments must be submitted by February 18, 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