Brownfields

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Did you know that the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation reseeded a pond at a brownfield site with dredged material from wetlands in Buckhorn Island State Park (north end of Grand Island)? SEE BELOW:


New York
Brownfields restoration wetland creation at Lackawanna
In a unique multi-agency effort, The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Parks and Recreation, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Corps combined to plan and dredge access channels through filled wetlands in Buckhorn Island State Park, located at the north end of Grand Island in the Niagara River. The dredged channels increased open water and freshwater circulation within an area overgrown with cattails. The open channels are experiencing an increase in fish spawning and migratory waterfowl. The dredged material was richly impregnated with various wetland and grass seeds. The dredged material was used to reseed a pond at a Lackawanna, N.Y., brownfield site, where U.S. EPA had conducted an emergency removal of hazardous contaminants from a former industrial plant site. The pond responded quickly. Within the first six months, the seedlings had germinated and the pond grew in with a rich assortment of grasses and shrubs to provide habitat.

Contact:
Jeffrey Schmidt
New York State DEC
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12233
P: 518-457-6072
F: 518-457-1283
E: jschmidt@gw.dec.state.ny.us

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Tecumseh, Inc. is the owner of approximately 1,100-acres of property under NYS Brownfield's Cleanup Program. Tecumseh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Erie County and the City of Lackawanna to promote and implement redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel property following cleanup. Cleanup to include at the Acid Tar Pits and Agitator Sludge Area to prevent recontamination of the recently dredged Smokes Creek.

Cleanup to include removal (and disposal) of high concentrates of petroleum products from groundwater.

Site-related project documents are available at the Lackawanna Library.

Tecumseh Redevelopment is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA. (REMEMBER THAT NAME, FOLKS?)

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