FACT SHEET 650 Waring Avenue Site Brownfield Cleanup Program 650 Waring Avenue Bronx, NY 10467

SITE No. C203068

July 2019 NYSDEC REGION 2

Where to Find Information: Interim Remedial Measure Proposed Project documents are available at the following location(s) to help the public stay The State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is informed. proposing an expedited cleanup for the 650 Waring Avenue Site (“site”) located at 650 Waring Avenue, Bronx, NY. Please see the map for the site location. Documents related to the cleanup of this site can be found at the location(s) Van Nest Library identified on the left-hand side of this page under "Where to Find Information." 2147 Barnes Avenue The expedited cleanup activities are expected to begin in July 2019 and last about Bronx, NY 10462 2 months. The activities will be performed by the School (718) 829-5864 Construction Authority (“applicant”) with oversight provided by NYSDEC. Call for hours

Bronx Community Board 11 Interim Remedial Measure (IRM) Work Plan: An IRM is a cleanup activity 1741 Colden Avenue that may be performed when a source of contamination or exposure pathway (, NY 10462 way in which a person may contact contamination) can be effectively addressed Phone: (718) 892-6262 without extensive investigation and evaluation. The IRM work plan describes the proposed cleanup activities that include:  Injection of sodium lactate and Hydrogen Release Compound (HRC®) to Who to Contact: treat contaminants in groundwater; and Comments and questions are always  Collection and laboratory analysis of groundwater samples from welcome and should be directed as follows: monitoring wells to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedy.

Project-Related Questions Nigel Crawford, Project Manager Site Description: The site is located in Pelham Gardens, a mixed-use urban area NYSDEC, Region 2 Office of Bronx, NY, which includes residential and commercial areas. The site consists 47-40 21st Street of one lot (Block 4341, Lot 13) totaling approximately 79,000 square feet (sf) or Long Island City, NY 11101 1.82 acres. The northern portion of the site is improved with a four-story school (718) 482-7778 building which encompasses an approximately 32,600-sf footprint, and [email protected] landscaped areas to the north, east, and west. The southern portion of the site consists of a playground and an asphalt-paved school yard that is surrounded by a Project-Related Health Questions fence to the east, south and west. A site location map is attached. Dawn Hettrick NYSDOH Additional site details, including environmental and health assessment summaries, Empire State Plaza Corning Tower Room 1787 are available on NYSDEC's Environmental Site Remediation Database (by Albany, NY 12237 entering the Site ID, C203068) at: (518) 402-7860 [email protected] http://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3

For additional information on the New York’s Summary of Previous Investigations: Previous investigations at the site were Brownfield Cleanup Program, visit: undertaken by the applicant prior to entry into the BCP under an administrative www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html consent order beginning in 2013. The primary contaminants of concern at the site are chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in soil, groundwater and soil vapor. In 2013, the applicant conducted an IRM which included soil excavation, groundwater injection treatment, and installation of a vapor mitigation system in the recently-constructed school annex.

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Next Steps: Upon completion of the work, a Construction We encourage you to share this fact sheet with neighbors Completion Report will be prepared that documents the and tenants, and/or post this fact sheet in a prominent area activities that were performed. of your building for others to see.

NYSDEC will keep the public informed throughout the investigation and cleanup of the site. Receive Site Fact Sheets by Email Have site information such as this fact sheet sent right to Brownfield Cleanup Program: New York's Brownfield your email inbox. NYSDEC invites you to sign up with Cleanup Program (BCP) encourages the voluntary cleanup of contaminated properties known as "brownfields" so that they one or more contaminated sites county email listservs can be reused and redeveloped. These uses may include available at the following web page: recreation, housing, business or other uses. A brownfield site is any real property where a contaminant is present at levels www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/61092.html exceeding the soil cleanup objectives or other health-based or environmental standards, criteria or guidance adopted by It’s quick, it’s free, and it will help keep you better informed. As a listserv member, you will periodically NYSDEC that are applicable based on the reasonably anticipated use of the property, in accordance with applicable receive site-related information/ announcements for all contaminated sites in the county(ies) you select. regulations.

For more information about the BCP, visit: Note: Please disregard if you already have signed up and received this fact sheet electronically. http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8450.html

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