DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from Innovative Urban Living, LLC for a site known as 12074 Flatlands Avenue p/o Lot 1, site ID #C224353. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at p/o 12074 Flatlands Avenue.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224353/. The documents will also be available at the document repositories located at the Brooklyn Public Library Spring Creek Branch, 12143 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11207; and at the Brooklyn Community Board 5, 127 Pennsylvania Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11207.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Rafi Alam at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7014; via email at rafi.alam@dec.ny.gov or by calling (518) 402-8606. All comments must be submitted by April 22, 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