Mott Haven campus rendering. Credit: Perkins Eastman.

Community Group sued the School Construction Authority seeking a long-term maintenance and monitoring protocol for the Mott Haven School site. The Mott Haven school campus site, consisting of four public schools, was formerly a railroad yard in the South Bronx. The site contained soil and ground water that were significantly contaminated, and the site needed to be remediated before the campus could be built. The campus opened in 2010.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) accepted the most contaminated section of the Mott Haven campus site into the Brownfield Cleanup Program in 2005. The School Construction Authority (SCA) filed the final version of its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) in 2006. The EIS made detailed findings as to the environmental impacts of the project. The SCA completed the remediation measures on the site in 2007. (more…)