Bronx - Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from The Vaja Group LLC for a site known as Former Adhesives Products[...]

Public Notice

Fact Sheet

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from The Vaja Group LLC for a site known as Former Adhesives Products Corporation, site ID #C203130. This site is in the Borough of Bronx, within the County of Bronx, and is located at 1660 Boone Avenue.

Access the application, work plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C203130/. The documents also are available at the document repository located at Bronx Public Library - Clason's Point, 1215 Morrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472 and New York Public Library - Morrisania Public Library, 610 East 169th Street, Bronx, NY 10456.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications and work plans. Comments can be submitted to: Jennifer Gonzalez, NYS DEC - Region 1 Office, Division of Environmental Remediation, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101, Phone: (718) 482-4508, E-mail: [email protected]. All comments must be submitted by December 13, 2024.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3.

We would also encourage those interested in receiving information on future activities at this site or any other site to sign up to NYS DEC's Contaminated Sites E-mail List at: https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/site-cleanup/regional-remed….

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 New York State's Brownfield program is available at NYS DEC's website: https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/site-cleanup/brownfield-and….