DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on East 149th St., 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 RGDC 149 LLC for a site known as 100 East 149th Street, site ID #C203159. This site is located in the Borough of Bronx, within the County of Bronx, and is located at 100 East 149th Street.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan, and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203159/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Mott Haven New York Public Library, 321 East 140th Street, Bronx, NY, 10454; and at the Bronx Community Board 1, 3024 3rd Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10455.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Sondra Martinkat at 1 Hunter’s Point Plaza, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY, 11101; via email at sondra.martinkat@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (718) 482-4891. All comments must be submitted by December 30, 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