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

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from Rimani Realty LLC for a site known as 50 Commercial Street Development, site ID #C224278. This site is located in the Borough of Brooklyn, within the County of Kings, and is located at 50 and 56 Commercial Street and 15-17 Clay Street.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C224278/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the Brooklyn Public Library, Greenpoint Library Environmental Education Center, 107 Norman Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222; and at the Brooklyn Community Board 1, 435 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Bryan Wong at 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY, 11101; via email at yukyin.wong@dec.ny.gov or by calling (518) 482-4905. All comments must be submitted by July 29th, 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