DEC certifies completed cleanups at two sites

Report looks at brownfield tax credits

By Todd Etshman
POSTED: June 12, 2012
Tags: brownfields, t, tax credits

New York state is issuing too much tax credit for the development of formerly contaminated brownfield sites in areas that aren’t located where the money is needed, according to a report released by the Albany-based environmental protection watchdog group Environmental Advocates of New York. In addition, Environmental Advocates found the tax incentive is often based [...]

Community association restores brownfields

By Todd Etshman
POSTED: March 26, 2012
Tags: brownfields, community association, nonprofit

As George H. Moses, executive director of the nonprofit Group 14621 Community Association Inc., explains, brownfield site clean up and remediation is something the City of Rochester commonly does, but that is unique for a community organization. Rochester has a significant number of brownfields in areas that used to be used for industry, and remediation [...]

NAIOP wants to keep Brownfields program

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 9, 2012
Tags: brownfields, NAIOP

The Upstate New York Chapter of NAIOP, a commercial real estate development association, is calling on the state Senate and Assembly to include the Brownfields program in their respective budget submissions. The association, joined by its New York City and Westchester chapters, is asking for continuation of the program which is scheduled to sunset in [...]

Renewable energy sites considered in Western NY

By Todd Etshman
POSTED: November 30, 2011
Tags: brownfields, Department of Energy, EPA, renewable energy sites, western NY

Contaminated and previously contaminated brownfield sites abound in western New York, and two of the biggest ones have been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Laboratory, as possible solar or wind power renewable energy sites. A total of 3,500 acres of the South Buffalo/Buffalo River area [...]