DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plans for Site on East 150th St., Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, and Interim Remedial Measure Work Plan from 586 River Ave., LLC for a site known as 101 East 150th Street, site ID #C203154. This site is located in the City of New York, within Bronx County, and is located at 101 East 150th Street.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan, and Interim Remedial Measure Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203154/. The documents are also available at the document repositories located at Melrose Library-New York Public Library, 910 Morris Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451 and at Bronx Community Board Four, 1650 Selwyn Avenue, Suite 11A, Bronx, NY 10457.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted by mail to Wendi Zheng, Project Manager, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 1 Hunter’s Point Plaza, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101; via email at Wendi.Zheng@dec.ny.gov; or call (718) 482-7541. All comments must be submitted by March 25, 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