DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application and Draft Work Plan for Site on College Point Blvd., Flushing

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from Magnolia Gardens Developer, Inc. for a site known as Magnolia Gardens, site ID #C241273. This site is located in the City of Flushing, within the County of Queens, and is located at 39-03 College Point Boulevard.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C241273/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Queens Public Library – Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY, 11432; and at the Queens Community Board 7, 30-50 Whitestone Expressway, Flushing, NY, 11354.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Rafi Alam at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7014; via email at rafi.alam@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-8606. All comments must be submitted by July 22, 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