DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application for Site on East 167th St., Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from 1130 Tiffany Street LLC for a site known as Rosa Del Monte, site ID #C203166. This site is located in the Borough of the Bronx, within the City of New York, and is located at 893 East 167th Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203166/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Woodstock Library, 761 East 160th Street, Bronx, NY, 10456; and at the Bronx Community Board 2, 1029 East 163rd Street, Room 202, Bronx, NY, 10459.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Sydney Sobol at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7014; via email at sydney.sobol@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-4799. All comments must be submitted by June 30th, 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