Question

Please paraphrase.

To promote green remediation practices, we
will request that each cleanup plan under the
NYC BCP include a Sustainability Statement. The
Sustainability Statement will provide an opportu-
nity to document green remedial measures that
are incorporated into the cleanup process. It is
also a tool to build awareness about green reme-
diation practices that add to the sustainability
of brownfield cleanups, encourage innovation
in this emerging field, and provide a means to
quantify green remediation activities. The Sus-
tainability Statement will not mandate specific
green remediation approaches, but will encour-
age their use on all projects.
We will establish grants to fund green remedia-
tion audits for cleanups planned under the NYC
BCP. Green remediation grants will enable an
independent expert to review cleanup plans
and recommend additional actions that will
make the cleanup and redevelopment more
sustainable. Such reviews will accelerate the
adoption of green remediation practices. We
will also continue to familiarize the local brown-
field industry with state-of-the-art practices in
this emerging field.
We will establish a collaborative pilot program
to integrate our brownfield programs with the
City’s sustainability goals and activities. We
will promote the reuse of local, clean, recycled
concrete aggregate as backfill at appropriate
cleanups. This will eliminate the use of non-
renewable resources that are routinely trucked
long distances. We will explore the use of trees
to implement in situ phytoremediation (an on-
site, plant-based technology) for end-of-cleanup
destruction of low-level pollutants in soil and
groundwater. This will also advance the goals of
MillionTreesNYC.
We will encourage stormwater retention prac-
tices on remedial sites. We will encourage green
infrastructure implementation as part of redevel-
opment at appropriate brownfield sites. Finally,
we will work to promote renewable energy proj-
ects on city brownfield sites.
These multidisciplinary sustainability efforts
will improve our environment and conserve
City resources. They will also help achieve the
broader goals of PlaNYC and a greater level of
sustainability on brownfield properties across
the city.

Answer 1

The NYC BCP project is aimed at the cleanup and redevelopment of New York City. The project wants to ensure the use of green remedial measures for the cleanup and redevelopment activities. For this the project is requesting the participants to include a Sustainability Statement that highlights the green remedial measures used by them. Furthermore, the project is offering to provide grants for the green remediation audits for the cleanup activities being planned by the participants. The project aims to promote and encourage the practices such as reuse of local, clean, recycled concrete aggregate, stormwater retention practices. The project also aims at promoting the use of new emerging technology in the green remedial field.