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 January 28, 2013 First NYC Clean Soil Bank
In September, OER successfully registered the first project to utilize the NYC Clean Soil Bank. A total of 3,400 tons of clean soil from the development of a remediated property in the NYC Voluntary Cleanup Program was transported to an NYC capital construction project in Western Brooklyn. The soil transfer which was managed by Athenica Environmental Services, Inc. on behalf of the developer resulted in soil disposal cost savings and saved the City substantial costs for soil purchase and delivery. |
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January 28, 2013 The NYC Brownfield Partnership is
The NYC Brownfield Partnership is accepting nominations for the 2013 Big Apple Brownfield Awards. The Awards honor the best examples of brownfield redevelopment projects in New York City. Eligible brownfield projects include those in NYC that completed cleanup and received a City or State signoff by December 31, 2012. Nominations are being accepted for the following categories:
The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2013. Project teams are encouraged to begin submitting applications by January To learn more or to nominate a project please visit www.nycbrownfieldpartnership.org/awards. Interested parties can also contact OER for more information. |
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January 28, 2013 NPCR’s Fifth Annual Brownfield's Forum
SAVE THE DATE for NPCR’s Fifth Annual Brownfields Forum, with Keynote Speaker NY Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales: 31 January 2013 at 1 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn. This event will highlight key trends in federal and state Brownfield programs and policies in the context of a changing political landscape. It will also focus on brownfield financial incentives and linking the area-wide approach with other priorities including clean energy, green economy, green infrastructure, and waterfront restoration in the Post-Sandy era. Attendees will include a diverse group of stakeholders, including community organization leaders, economic development and environmental agencies, environmental justice organizations, lenders, architects, engineers, lawyers, and planners. The forum will provide an opportunity for these groups to come together and discuss emerging issues on brownfields and community revitalization. |
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January 28, 2013 2013 - 2014 Abbey Duncan Brownfield
The NYC Brownfield Partnership is pleased to announce the availability of 2013 - 2014 Abbey Duncan Brownfield Scholarships. These scholarships provide up to $2,000 to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers in the New York City brownfield industry. The application deadline is February 15, 2013, and the scholarship is open to students enrolled at colleges affiliated with CUNY. For more information and to access application materials, please visit www.nycbrownfieldpartnership.org/scholarships |
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January 28, 2013 The Fortune Society Has Transitional
In order to give graduates of their Environmental Remediation Training Program some hands-on experience, The Fortune Society can fund and provide liability insurance for them to work on brownfield and related projects. Participants have 40-hour HAZWOPER certification, along with training in UST leak prevention and solid waste cleanup. Trainees are typically funded to work 21 hours/week. If you have a project that could use assistance with tasks such as air monitoring, truck inspections, or other aspects of investigation and remediation, contact Lee Ilan at lilan@cityhall.nyc.gov or 212-788-2929 to discuss this opportunity. |
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January 28, 2013 City of New York Received 2012 Award in
The Environmental Law Institute presented the City of New York with its 2012 Environmental Achievement Award for “outstanding leadership in creating and implementing a preeminent sustainable development plan”. DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland Jr. accepted the award on behalf of Mayor Bloomberg and the City on November 8, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The City of New York and Mayor Bloomberg were honored for bringing together business and environmental leaders to chart a sustainable future for New York City, which is outlined in the 2007 PlaNYC program. PlaNYC’s accomplishments include the creation of 200 acres of parkland, increasing the energy efficiency of buildings, creating or preserving more than 64,000 units of affordable housing, and establishment of the first City-operated brownfield cleanup program in the nation. |
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December 19, 2012 Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation Offers Project Information in Six Local Languages
NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Deputy Director Josslyn Shapiro announced that the Community Protection Statement for cleanups performed in the NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) will now be available in six languages. These translations will help more New Yorkers understand how they are protected when cleanups occur in their neighborhoods. The Community Protection Statement (CPS) summarizes, in non-technical language, protective measures employed during a cleanup to ensure there are no impacts to the surrounding community. The CPS appears in the executive summary of all cleanup plans. Translated versions in Chinese, Haitian-Creole, Spanish, Russian, Italian in addition to English are now available online and were made possible through a collaboration with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Increasing the transparency of the BCP, by making documents accessible to more New Yorkers, fulfills a milestone for the City under PlaNYC 2011. |
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December 19, 2012 Mark your Calendar for Brownfields 2013 Conference: 15-17 May in Atlanta, GA Join nearly 6,000 brownfields professionals and stakeholders at Brownfields 2013: Sustainable Communities Start Here conference in Atlanta, GA. This National Brownfield Conference is planned for 15-17 May at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center and is being organized by U.S. EPA and the International City/County Management Association. Registration is free, and by signing up you gain access to more than 100 educational and learning opportunities, plenary sessions, 200 exhibitors, networking events and business development opportunities, mobile workshops, walking tours, special training sessions, film screenings, book signings, and many other interesting opportunities. For more information please visit www.brownfieldsconference.org. |
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November 28, 2012 Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation Certifies 157 Environmental Industry Professionals through TurboTraining 2012 NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Director Daniel Walsh announced that 157 brownfield industry professionals have been certified through their participation in OER’s advanced training program, TurboTraining 2012. TurboTraining provides detailed instruction on effective navigation of OER’s cleanup and incentive programs and this certification signifies that parties have been trained on such programs as the NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program and the NYC Brownfield Incentive Grant Program. TurboTraining took place in May 2012 at the MetroTech Center in Brooklyn and is the first event in an ongoing training series designed to help brownfield professionals efficiently achieve brownfield cleanup and redevelopment. Visit www.nyc.gov/oer to see a list of brownfield professionals certified through TurboTraining 2012. |
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November 28, 2012 OER Releases Four Videos for Community Brownfield Education
NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Director Daniel Walsh announced the launch of Cleaning Up NYC, a four-part brownfield educational video series created to increase New Yorkers awareness of brownfield-related issues and the availability of new brownfield programs and incentives. The videos support our outreach efforts to demystify highly technical language of environmental investigations so that all community members and stakeholders can easily understand the type of work that occurs in their neighborhoods; to increase public awareness of the protection of human health and the environment provided by cleanups in the NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program; and to broaden grassroots support and increase environmental justice awareness of the clean up, redevelopment, and revitalization of brownfield properties throughout NYC. The videos were produced in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and Devine Pix with funding provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Director Walsh announced the launch of this series at the Big Apple Brownfield Awards in May 2012. These videos fulfill a brownfield education milestone under PlaNYC 2011 and can be found at http://www.nyc.gov/html/oer/html/Videos/brown_video.shtml. |
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November 28, 2012 OER Establishes Agreement with the NY Public Library for Community Brownfield Education
The Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) General Counsel Mark McIntyre announced that OER has entered a Memorandum of Agreement with the New York Public Library (NYPL) to make it easier for community residents to access educational information on brownfields in NYC, such as brownfield educational videos produced by OER, and information on brownfield projects in their neighborhoods. Under this agreement, OER will provide NYPL with direct links so that this information can be viewed online in local library branches. This initiative fulfills a brownfield education milestone under the PlaNYC 2011. |
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October 03, 2012 DEPUTY MAYOR HOLLOWAY ANNOUNCES FIRST NYC GREEN PROPERTY CERTIFIED BY THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
New York City Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway announced the award of the first NYC Green Property Certification for the completed cleanup performed under the NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) on Brighton Street in Coney Island. The announcement was made at the 2012 Big Apple Brownfield Awards ceremony held at New York University. The announcement included the presentation of a plaque bearing the NYC Green Property Certification seal. A NYC Green Property Certification is obtained by successfully investigating and cleaning up a property under the NYC BCP and signifies the city’s confidence in the cleanup for protection of public health and the environment for the intended use. The cleanup exceeded the strictest State standards for cleanup available under the BCP program and was subsequently developed into a six-unit LEED Platinum residential building. The cleanup was managed by Laurel Environmental Associates and Sive, Paget & Riesel. |
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October 03, 2012 Cleanups at Seven NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program Projects Eligible to Claim Deductions on Federal IRS Tax Filings The NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Director Daniel Walsh announced that all 7 cleanups performed in the NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) during 2011 were certified by New York State – making it possible for developers of these projects to receive Federal IRS income tax deductions for cleanup-related costs. Certification, which was provided by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in collaboration with OER, allows developers to deduct brownfield cleanup costs as qualified environmental remediation expenditures on their federal tax filings during the year in which the costs were incurred. This certification is offered as a federal brownfield cleanup incentive under Section 198 of the Internal Revenue Code. Availability of this tax deduction for more than forty BCP cleanups preformed in 2012 is currently pending reauthorization by congress. |
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October 03, 2012 SPEED Wins ACEC Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence
OER’s Searchable Property Environmental Electronic Database (SPEED) was honored with the Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York at a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria in March 2012. SPEED is OER’s online real estate and environmental research engine that enables users to search a NYC map and access a wide range of property information including government environmental data, site-specific property data, historical maps from as far back as the 1800’s and historical aerial photos. SPEED was designed by OER staff and built by Gannett Fleming Engineers and Architects, P.C. SPEED is available for public use on OER’s website free of charge and has been enormously popular, having received over 4 million views in its first 18 months. SPEED can be found at www.nyc.gov/SPEED. |
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August 20, 2012 MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES INDYCAR ENGINE DESIGN COMPANY TO OPEN ON FORMER BROWNFIELD SITE REMEDIATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM City’s Program – Part of PlaNYC and First Municipal Brownfield Cleanup Program in the Nation – Approves 50th Project Since Inception in 2011
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Office of Environmental Remediation Director Daniel Walsh, and Ethan Bregman, owner and engineer of ayton Performance today announced that ayton will open its new race engine design facility on a former brownfield site remediated under the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program. The property, located at 105 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, remained vacant for 27 years until it was enrolled in the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program last February. Cleanup is expected to be completed at the end of this summer, with development and construction to follow. Ayton Performance is expected to open next summer and continue work on its project designing the Honda IndyCar. Mayor Bloomberg also announced that the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program has approved its 50th project since it launched as part of PlaNYC in 2011. The program is the first municipal brownfield cleanup program in the nation and has enrolled 120 tax lots that have been vacant for an average of 16 years. Cleanup on these properties will pave the way for $1.5 billion in new capital construction that will add approximately 4.8 million square feet of new development, including 1.1 million square feet of new retail, commercial, industrial and office space and 966 units of affordable housing. These new developments are expected to produce over 2,000 permanent new jobs and 5,100 construction jobs and generate over $734 million in new long-term tax revenue for both the City and state. The Mayor was joined at the announcement by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Regional Director Venetia Lannon and Brooklyn Borough President Mary Markowitz.  Read the press release |
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October 25, 2011 The NYC Office of Environmental Remediation is pleased to present: Big Apple Brownfield Workshop 105: November 9, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM FDNY Auditorium
Join the NYC Office of Environmental Remediation in a discussion about innovative ways to utilize and expedite OER’s cleanup programs. We will be debuting Office Hours, where developers and consultants can meet with Project Managers. Keynote Speaker: For more information, please Click Here. To register directly online, please Click Here. |
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September 12, 2011 MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF CITY’S BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM – FIRST EVER FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF A MUNICIPAL CLEANUP PROGRAM EPA Cites City’s Program as a Model for Other Cities Program Revitalizes Neighborhoods by Cleaning Sites – Creating Jobs, Building Affordable Housing and Developing Open Space, Primarily in Low-Income Neighborhoods
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway and Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation Director Dr. Daniel Walsh today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally recognized the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program – the first time the EPA ever has recognized a municipal brownfield program. Read the press release |
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May 25, 2011 NYC BROWNFIELD PARTNERSHIP HONORS COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN AND FIVE TOP BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT THIRD ANNUAL BIG APPLE BROWNFIELD AWARDS On May 25, 2011, the NYC Brownfield Partnership hosted its third annual Big Apple Brownfield Awards at the NYU School of Law. City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn received the 2011 Distinguished Service Award for her work advancing brownfield cleanup in NYC including unanimous passage of the NYC Brownfield Bill in 2009 by the NYC Council and support for the city-state collaborative agreement on liability protection in 2010.
(From left to right) Venetia Lannon, Regional Director of NYSDEC, Daniel Walsh, Ph.D, Director of NYC Office of Environmental Remediation, Honorable Christine C. Quinn, New York City Council Speaker and winner of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award, and Andrea Kretchmer, 2010-2011 President of NYC Brownfield Partnership. The partnership recognized five of New York City’s most outstanding brownfield redevelopment projects.
In addition, Venetia Lannon, the new Regional Director of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYC Office, delivered the keynote speech, and the Partnership recognized its 2011 Brownfield Interns and Abbey Duncan Brownfield Scholars.
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April 18, 2011 MAYOR BLOOMBERG BREAKS GROUND ON WILLIAMSBURG BROWNFIELD CLEANUP IN NATION'S FIRST MUNICIPALLY-RUN BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM In Three Months of Operations, NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program Has Enrolled Eight Projects that Will Clean Up 22 Tax Lots and Result in $250 Million in New Construction and 575 Permanent Jobs All 11 Brownfield Initiatives in PlaNYC Were Accomplished in 2010; Thursday’s Update to PlaNYC Will Contain 11 New Brownfield Initiatives
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, Mayor’s Sustainability Director David Bragdon and Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Director Daniel Walsh today announced the start of a cleanup and redevelopment of a vacant lot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The cleanup and redevelopment are occurring because of the PlaNYC New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program, the first municipally-run brownfield cleanup program in the nation. The program, launched by Mayor Bloomberg in August of last year, provides for high quality cleanups and offers liability protection and other incentives to encourage developers to use the new City program. Brownfields are vacant or underutilized properties where the redevelopment or reuse is complicated by environmental contamination. “We have solved the problem of developers being reluctant to clean and redevelop land because the liability for clean-up was too unpredictable and potentially costly,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “The City-run Brownfield Clean-up Program, the first of its kind in the nation, breaks the cycle of disinvestment and abandonment. I’d like to thank the State DEC, the City Council, and our Office of Environmental Remediation for their impressive collaboration on this project.” Read the press release for the launch of the NYC BCP.Learn more about the NYC BCP.Download the NYC BCP Report. |
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