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Remediation Sites with Environmental Easements

In accordance with the requirements of New York State Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Article 71, Title 36, certain sites are subject to the requirements of an environmental easement. To protect public health and the environment, environmental easements can be used to restrict the use of a property to specified categories (e.g., commercial, industrial) or to require the long-term operation, maintenance, and monitoring of engineering controls (e.g., a landfill cover system). Environmental easements are granted by title owners of the property to the Department of Environmental Conservation ("Department"), run with the land, and are enforceable in perpetuity. The property owners must periodically certify to the Department that the restrictions and requirements included in the easement remain in-place and effective. ECL Article 71, Title 36 also requires the Department to assist local governments in the review of their land use permits on lands that are subject to environmental easements. For associated procedures and a request form to be used by local governments, link to Procedures for Processing Building Permit Evaluation Requests. For questions on environmental easements, please contact the Department's Division of General Counsel at (518) 402-9521.

Sites Subject to Environmental Easements

The following table lists all sites in New York State that are subject to the requirements of an environmental easement granted in accordance with the ECL. Further information about specific sites can be found by using the Remedial Site Database Search feature. A copy of the site-specific easement is also provided.

The table below shows the sites that have been issued Certificates of Completion in the Brownfield Cleanup Program, and also are subject to environmental easements. Basic site information and links to the environmental easement documents is provided in the table.