DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on Sackett St., 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 Sackett Heights LLC for a site known as Former A&A Brake Service Site, site ID #C224372. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, in the City of New York, within Kings County, and is located at 558 Sackett 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/C224372/. The documents and work plans are also available at the document repositories located at the Brooklyn Community Board 6, 250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY 12201 and the Brooklyn Public Library - Pacific Branch, 25 4th Avenue at Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager, Marnie Chancey, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7016; via email at Marnie.Chancey@dec.ny.gov; or call (518) 402-3262. All comments must be submitted by January 13, 2023.

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