County launches EPA‑funded brownfields inventory, asks public to submit possible sites
Staff announced an EPA‑funded brownfields initiative (in partnership with Greene County and the Hudson River Foundation) to inventory older sites and begin phase‑one desktop research; the public is asked to provide addresses or parcel information to help prioritize investigations.
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Staff told the committee the county has started a brownfields initiative funded by the EPA in partnership with Greene County and the Hudson River Foundation. They described a public meeting (explicitly "not a hearing") to raise awareness and solicit public submissions of addresses, parcel numbers or descriptions so staff can complete phase‑one desktop research to identify potential contaminants and move priority sites toward phase‑two investigation and remediation.
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