DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application to Amend the BCA and Draft Work Plan for Site on Grand Concourse, Bronx

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application to amend the BCA and Draft Remedial Action Work Plan from Walton Street GC Development LLC and 261 Grand Concourse LLC for a site known as Copyrite Plastic Sheets, site ID #C203151. This site is located in the Borough of The Bronx, within the County of Bronx, and is located at 261 Grand Concourse.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Action Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203151/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the New York Public Library Woodstock Branch, 761 East 160th Street, Bronx, NY, 10456; and at the Bronx Community Board 1, 3024 Third Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10455.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Ruth Curley at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7014; via email at ruth.curley@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9480. All comments must be submitted by September 23, 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

Translation Available

Translation services are available for this notice. Additional information is available at the following link: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/der/factsheet/ruthtranslation.pdf