What are Brownfields?
We are surrounded by brownfields and most of the time, we don't even know it. Long Island has over 6800 brownfields!
A brownfield is any former industrial or commercial property where redevelopment is complicated by either real or perceived contamination.
A brownfield might be a former factory, gasoline station, dry cleaners, storage facility, or business where chemicals or solvents were used or stored.
A brownfield might be a warehouse, parking lot, hangar, abandoned railroad switching yard or storage area, air strip, bus facility, or land fill.
A brownfield that remains idle is not benign. If there is real contamination resulting from prior use, then failure to clean up the site poses a present threat to the quality of our water supply, air, and surrounding soil. If left idle, a brownfield can blight an entire neighborhood and put it into decline.
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