DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plans for Site on 1st Ave., 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 CP VII 78th Street Owner, LLC for a site known as 1487 1st Avenue Redevelopment Site, site ID #C231152. This site is located in the Borough of Manhattan in the County of New York, and is located at 1487 1st Avenue.

Access the application, work plans and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231152/. The documents also are available at the document repository located at New York Public Library – Webster Library, 1465 York Ave, New York, NY 10075 and Manhattan Community Board 8, 505 Park Avenue, Suite 620, New York, NY 10022.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Michael MacCabe at NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at michael.maccabe@dec.ny.gov or by calling 518-402-9687. All comments must be submitted by June 10, 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