United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA500-F-97-153
July 1997
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Regional Brownfields
Assessment Pilot
Glen Cove, NY
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower States, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. Between 1995 and 1996, EPAfunded 76 National and Regional Brownfields
Assessment Pilots, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of brownfields
solutions. EPAisfunding more than 27 Pilots in 1997. The Pilots are intended to provide EPA, States, Tribes, municipalities,
and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods to promote a unified
approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA Region 2 has selected the City of Glen Cove for
a Regional Brownfields Pilot. Glen Cove is located
on the north shore of Long Island, adjacent to
Hempstead Harbor and the Long Island Sound. The
Glen Cove Creek areais home to a variety of industries,
including marinas, recreation, light manufacturing,
and public services, but also contains more than 70
acres of vacant land. The City has ten miles of
waterfront, of which nearly nine miles have remained
historically pristine. The remaining 1.1 mile Federal
navigation channel in the Glen Cove Creek area is
located in the industrial center of the City. The many
brownfields and two Superfund sites in this areahave
adversely affected the economy and tax base of the
City. Contaminants include radioactive wastes,
methane, and organic solvents.
The New York Department of State (NYDOS) has
identified this area as one often maritime centers on
Long Island Sound and as an historic maritime region.
The City has worked closely with NYDOS to
undertake a comprehensive planning process to
revitalize the Glen Cove Creek area. The project has
received more than $1,500,000 in grants and
appropriations from Federal, State, local, and private
sources for its efforts to accomplish the revitalization
process within six years. The project includes
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Date of Award:
June 1997
Amount: $50,000
Site Profile: The Pilot
targets approximately 214
acres in the Glen Cove
Creek area for
assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment.
Glen Cove, New York
Contacts:
Robert Van Ruby
Glen Cove Community
Development Agency
(516)676-1625
Larry D'Andrea
U.S. EPA -Region 2
(212)637-4314
dandrea.larryฎ
epamail.epa.gov
Visit the EPA Brownfields Website at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields
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activities such as completing the Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program, developing a harbor
managementplan, creating an economic development/
design plan to develop the waterfront, and dredging
the Creek.
Both sides of the Creek are identified as low/moderate
income areas by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD). More than 400 families
living within walking distance of the waterfront
reside in HUD-assisted rental or owner occupied
housing located in Urban Renewal Areas. The cleanup
of the area's brownfields sites would greatly improve
the economic and environmental situation of these
residents. Redevelopment plans for the area will be
designed to ensure job opportunities for disadvantaged
area residents through a Hire Neighborhood Residents
Program.
OBJECTIVES
The objective of the Pilot is to develop a
community-based management plan that promotes
reuse of brownfields in the Glen Cove Creek area as
part of the overall waterfront revitalization plan. The
Pilot will also help the City further its objectives of
improving community participation in the
development of cleanup and reuse plans, in facilitating
the identification of other potential brownfields, and
in conducting necessary investigation to determine
whether these sites pose a public heath threat.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
The Pilot will:
Identify and investigate potential brownfield sites;
Identify and resolve potential conflicts between the
City's dual goals of remediating brownfields and
developing an overall harbor management plan;
Take an active role in coordinating activities of lead
agencies and responsible parties, and facilitate
dispute resolution activities;
Facilitate zoning and other changes necessary to
ensure that future development of brownfields is
consistent with overall waterfront redevelopment
plans;
Develop risk communication and outreach tools,
including brochures and other media designed to
describe technical matters in terms that are
understandable to the general public;
Coordinate public participation and environmental
justice activities with the community; and
Promote brownfields redevelopment of the sites,
including defraying the costs associated with "re-
zoning," identifying potentially innovative cleanup
technologies, and holding interactive meetings with
the community on brownfields related issues.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
Regional Brownfields Assessment Pilot
July 1997
Glen Cove, New York
EPA 500-F-97-153
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