New York Brownfield Cleanup Program Completion Certificates

This dataset catalogs sites in New York State that have completed the Brownfield Cleanup Program and received a Certificate of Completion. It includes site details, geographic coordinates, the year of certification, and the processing timeline from application to completion. The data is provided by the State of New York via data.ny.gov and was last updated in early April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic distribution of completed cleanup sites using Latitude and Longitude columns.
• Assessing remediation program efficiency by calculating average Years from Application to COC.
• Evaluating potential for redevelopment by filtering sites based on Highest Allowable Future Use.
• Mapping completed sites against municipal boundaries using the NYS Municipal Boundaries and Counties columns.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for mapping and spatial analysis.
• Provides a calculated metric (Years from Application to COC) for performance analysis of the cleanup program.
• Dataset is actively maintained, with updates recorded in April 2026 across multiple platforms.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, license, and author are consistently reported as unknown or 'None' across sources.
• The exact temporal coverage (start year for the data) is not specified.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov / New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

Collection Method

Administrative records from the Brownfield Cleanup Program.

Freshness

Last updated: 2026-04-04 23:08:56.981277

Geography

State of New York, USA