DEC Invites Public Comment About Brownfield Application for Site on East 120th St., Manhattan

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application from TCB Beacon East Harlem Limited Partnership for a site known as The Beacon – 413 East 120th Street, site ID #C231155. This site is located in the Borough of Manhattan, within the County of New York, and is located at 413 East 120th Street.

Access the application and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231155/. The documents also are available at the document repositories located at the New York Public Library Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library, 203 West 115th Street, New York, NY, 10026; and at the Manhattan Community Board 11, 1664 Park Avenue, Ground Floor, New York, NY, 10035.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Erick Bower at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7016; via email at erick.bower@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9824. All comments must be submitted by January 5, 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/ebowertranslation.pdf