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

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from Prospect Five LLC for a site known as Barrows Chemical Site, site ID # C130249. This site is located in the Hamlet of Inwood, in Town of Hempstead within the County of Nassau, and is located at 300, 303, 320, 321, and 330 Prospect Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C130249/. The documents will also be available at the document repository once reopened, located at Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Avenue, Lawrence, NY 11559.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager John Sheehan at NYSDEC, SUNY @ Stony Brook, 50 Circle Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790-3409; via email at john.sheehan@dec.ny.gov or by calling 631-444-0244. All comments must be submitted by February 25, 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