DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on Hunts Point Ave. & Drake Park South, 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 401 Hunts Point LLC, for a site known as 401 Hunts Point, site ID #C203162. This site is located in the City of New York within Bronx County and is located at 401 Hunts Point Avenue and 1360 Drake Park South.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan, and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203162/. The documents are also available at the document repositories located at the Bronx Community Board 2, 1029 E. 163rd Street, #202, Bronx, NY 10459 and at the Soundview Library, 660 Soundview Avenue, Bronx, NY 10459.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to Madeleine Babick, Project Manager, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 1 Hunter’s Point Plaza, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101; via email at Madeleine.Babick@dec.ny.gov; or call (718) 482-4992. All comments must be submitted by May 19, 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