Environment DEC
From the December 2006 issue
Read "Brownfields: New Life, New Uses," in December's Conservationist Magazine
This former brownfield in Suffolk
County is now a stunning indoor
carousel - photo courtesy
of Bob McInnis
Brownfields create community health risks, spoil the environment, perpetuate unemployment, erode tax bases, and accelerate sprawl development by making land that would otherwise be developed unusable. But DEC has helped New York become a national leader in challenging these trends and bringing contaminated properties back to life. Larry Ennist is an environmental program specialist with DEC's Division of Environmental Remediation. In the December 2006 issue of Conservationist, he describes some of New York's success stories revitalizing formerly polluted land.
A Better New York
In October 2006, the New York State Environmental Board approved regulations creating an operational blueprint to implement the Superfund/Brownfields program. Hundreds of contaminated properties have been cleaned up and redeveloped to protect public health and natural resources. Restored brownfields have transformed once unusable properties into community assets ranging from public parks to residential developments.
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