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

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application, Final Remedial Investigation Report and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from the New York City School Construction Authority for a site known as Former Chesebrough Manufacturing, site ID #C224302. This site is located in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 46 Verona Street.

Access the application, work plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224302/. The documents also are available at the document repository located at Brooklyn Public Library-Red Hook Library, 7 Wolcott St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 and Brooklyn Community Board 6, 250 Baltic St, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Shaun Bollers at NYSDEC, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101-5401; via email at shaun.bollers@dec.ny.gov or by calling 718-482-4096. All comments must be submitted by February 18, 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