The grants pay 75 percent of the investigation and clean up costs. New York's brownfields program is the largest in the nation. Other applications are under review by DEC and additional grants are anticipated in the near future. It also includes funds to help municipalities upgrade sewage treatment plants and drinking water facilities, protect valuable open space, improve air quality, close polluting landfills and increase recycling. The site was used for carpet manufacturing from the late 1800s to 1978.
Potential contamination includes fuel oil, PCBs, corrosive chemicals, dyes and asbestos.
The proposed future use is offices and light manufacturing. Investigate a 0.55-acre site at 780 Chestnut Ridge Road previously used as a gas station and automotive repair shop. It has been vacant since January 1995 and is owned by the village. The Village plans to use the site for a public park. Petroleum and other contamination may exist from past uses, which included a marine docking, fueling and boat repair facility.