NYC Office of Environmental Remediation

We are taking a break from our normal updates to bring you something a little bit more legal and academic.  Fashionable Earth just found out that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft memorandum of agreement in conjunction with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation, which together provide for the two agencies’ coordinated oversight of brownfield clean-ups in the five boroughs.  This is great news, considering that the memorandum also provides that the Office of Environmental Remediation:

• may supply technical assistance to the department for petroleum spills at sites participating in the clean-up programme;
• must comply with certain community participation requirements; and
• must report designated information about sites to the department over the course of city-supervised clean-ups.

We love that environmental law is allowing for more agencies and governmental entities to become more sustainable.  Go Green!