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

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from 1941-1959 Jerome Avenue LLC and Bolivar Development LLC for a site known as Jerome Heights, site ID #C203150. This site is located in the Borough of the Bronx, within Bronx County, and is located at 1941 and 1959 Jerome 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/C203150/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Bronx Library Center, 310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY, 10458; and at the Bronx Community Board District 5, Bronx Community College, University Avenue & West 181st Street, Bronx, NY, 10453.

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, 12233-7016; via email at rafi.alam@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-8606. All comments must be submitted by July 8, 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