FACT SHEET 280 West 155th Street Brownfield Cleanup Program 280 West 155th Street New York, NY 10039

SITE No. C231138

Where to Find Information July 2021 NYSDEC REGION 2

Access project documents through the Remedy Proposed for Brownfield Site Contamination; DECinfo Locator https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231138/ Public Comment Period Announced and at these location(s): The public is invited to comment on a proposed remedy being reviewed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Document Repository Name (*Repositories may be temporarily unavailable due to (NYSDEC), in consultation with the New York State Department of Health COVID-19 precautions. If you cannot access the online (NYSDOH), to address contamination related to the 280 West 155th Street repository, please contact the NYSDEC project th manager listed below for assistance) site (“site”) located at 280 West 155 Street, , NY. Please see the map for the site location. NYPL Washington Heights Library 1000 St. Nicholas Avenue Based on the findings of the investigation, NYSDEC in consultation with New York, New York 10032 (212) 923-6054 the NYSDOH has determined that the site does not pose a significant threat to public health or the environment. This decision is based on the nature of Manhattan Community Board 10 the existing contaminants identified at the site; limited potential for off-site 215 West , 4th Floor migration of contaminants in the groundwater; and the limited potential for New York, NY 10027 human exposure to site-related contaminants via soil vapors. To address the (212) 749-3105 Email: [email protected] site contamination, however, NYSDEC has developed the proposed remedy summarized below. Key project documents and project summary also are available on the How to Comment: NYSDEC is accepting written comments about the NYSDEC website at: proposed plan, called a “Draft Remedial Action Work Plan (RAWP)” for www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/37550.html 45 days, from . July 21 through September 3, 2021 • Who to Contact Access the RAWP and other project documents online through the Comments and questions are welcome and DECinfo Locator: should be directed as follows: https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/C231138/. Documents also are available at the location(s) identified at left under “Where to Project-Related Questions Find Information.” Meghan Medwid, Project Manager NYSDEC • Please submit comments to the NYSDEC project manager listed 625 , 12th Floor under Project-Related Questions in the “Who to Contact” area at Albany, NY 12233 (518) 402-8610 left. [email protected] Draft Remedial Work Plan: The proposed Commercial Use remedy Project-Related Health Questions consists of: Arunesh Ghosh, Public Health Specialist Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation • Excavation and off-site disposal of approximately 10,000 cubic NYSDOH yards of contaminated soil from 5 to 10 feet below surface grade; Empire State Plaza • Corning Tower Room 1787 Dewatering to facilitate excavation with treatment of contaminated Albany, NY 12237 groundwater; (518) 486-1443 • Collecting and analyzing end-point soil samples and post-remedial [email protected] groundwater samples to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedy; For more information about New York’s • Importing clean material that meets the established SCOs for use as Brownfield Cleanup Program, visit: backfill; www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html

• Placement of a cover system, including a demarcation Environmental Site Remediation Database (by entering the layer over areas without hardscape (buildings, site ID, C231138) at: asphalt, or concrete) to address contamination https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm remaining above commercial use soil cleanup ?pageid=3 objectives (SCOs); • Implementing a Health and Safety Plan (HASP) and Summary of the Investigation: The primary contaminants of Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP) during all concern at the site are petroleum-related volatile organic ground intrusive activities; compounds (VOCs), chlorinated volatile organic compounds • Implementation of a Site Management Plan (SMP) (CVOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and would also be required for long-term maintenance of metals which are present site-wide in soil and groundwater. the remedial systems; and Petroleum product has been identified on top of the water • Recording of an Environmental Easement to ensure table in some of the groundwater monitoring wells. proper use of the site. Brownfield Cleanup Program: New York's Brownfield The proposed remedy was developed by 280 W 155TH Cleanup Program (BCP) encourages the voluntary cleanup of STREET OWNER, L.L.C. (“applicant(s)”) after performing a contaminated properties known as "brownfields" so that they detailed investigation of the site under New York's can be reused and redeveloped. These uses may include Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP). A “Remedial recreation, housing, business, or other uses. A brownfield site Investigation Report”, which describes the results of the site is any real property where a contaminant is present at levels investigation was submitted concurrently with the Remedial exceeding the soil cleanup objectives or other health-based or Action Work Plan and is also available for review at the environmental standards, criteria or guidance adopted by locations identified on Page 1. NYSDEC that are applicable based on the reasonably anticipated use of the property, in accordance with applicable

regulations. Next Steps: NYSDEC will consider public comments, revise the cleanup plan as necessary, and issue a final Decision For more information about the BCP, visit: Document. NYSDOH must concur with the proposed remedy. https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html After approval, the proposed remedy becomes the selected remedy. The applicant(s) may then design and perform the We encourage you to share this fact sheet with neighbors cleanup action to address the site contamination, with and tenants, and/or post this fact sheet in a prominent area oversight by NYSDEC and NYSDOH. of your building for others to see.

NYSDEC will keep the public informed throughout the investigation and cleanup of the site. Stay Informed With DEC Delivers Site Description: The site is located in , Manhattan. Sign up to receive site updates by email: The site is a 0.86-acre, vacant, asphalt paved lot. It is bounded www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/61092.html to the north by 155th Street and the 155th Street Viaduct followed by Holcombe ; to the east by an asphalt Note: Please disregard if you already have signed up and paved parking lot; to the south by mixed use and residential received this fact sheet electronically. buildings; and to the west by Fredrick Douglass Boulevard followed by a mixed-use building. The site was historically DECinfo Locator used for commercial and industrial use; the site is currently Interactive map to access DEC documents and zoned for commercial use. The site will be redeveloped into public data about the environmental quality of specific rental storage units. The neighborhood has been historically sites: https://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/109457.html used for commercial, residential, and industrial purposes; recent development has primarily been commercial.

Additional site details, including environmental and health assessment summaries, are available on NYSDEC's

280 West 155th Street (Site No.: C231138) July 2021 Fact Sheet (Page 3)

BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM