Broome Street Parking Lot Site Update: State Officials Extend Public Comment Period

Press release from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation:

Fri, May 29, 2020

DEC Announces a 30-Day Extension of Comment Period for Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan for Brownfield Site on Broome Street, Borough of Manhattan

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from GO Broome LLC for a site known as *Broome Street Parking Lot, site ID #C231137*. This site is located on Broome Street between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets in Manhattan.

*The current public comment period for the draft work plan was to end on May 29, 2020. In response to requests from the public and elected officials, the public comment period is being extended. All comments must now be submitted by June 29, 2020.*

A copy of the work plan and other relevant documents are available on the DEC website at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/De...

Project documents will also be available at the following document repositories when they reopen after the Covid-19 Pause: New York Public Library Seward Park Branch, 192 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002, and Manhattan Community Board 3, 59 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003.

Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Meghan Medwid at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7016; via email at meghan.medwid@dec.ny.gov; or by calling 518-402-8610.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/ext...

*What is the Brownfield Cleanup Program?*

New Yorks 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 300 contaminated sites statewide and incentivized redevelopment. There are more than 350 active sites in the BCP.

Additional information on the State's Brownfield program is available at DECs website:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical...

This press release was produced by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The views expressed here are the author’s own.