Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP)
The NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup Program encourages voluntary cleanup of contaminated properties and promotes their redevelopment, with oversight and structured procedures. NYSDEC describes program components including eligibility review, a Brownfield Cleanup Agreement (BCA), DEC oversight of work plans, and issuance of a Certificate of Completion when remedial objectives are achieved.
- Where it applies
- New York State
- When it comes up
- Remediation; redevelopment readiness; compliance
- Property types
- Redevelopment sites with contamination
In practice
Operators should treat BCP as a "parallel critical path" to entitlements: cleanup track selection, design, and public comment periods often interact with rezoning/ULURP sequencing.
Read more in the Knowledge Base
- Environmental Risk in Former Industrial AreasBuyers
- Environmental Hazard Screening for New York Residential PropertyBuyers
Related terms
Environmental and Due Diligence
- Action (SEQRA)
- All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI)
- Brownfield
- Brownfield Cleanup Agreement (BCA)
- Certificate of Completion (COC)
- City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR)
- Conditioned Negative Declaration (CND)
- Decision Document
- Determination of Significance
- E-Designation
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