NEW WINDSOR – Central Hudson Gas & Electric is seeking to have its service center in the towns of New Windsor and Newburgh admitted to the state’s Brownfield program, under which property owners can clean up and redevelop contaminated sites in exchange for tax credits.

Comments on Central Hudson’s application are due Oct. 5 and can be sent to Project Manager Justin Starr at: NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-7014. Comments can also be emailed to justin.starr@dec.ny.gov or submitted by calling 518-402-9797.

Located at 610 Little Britain Road and spanning both towns, the nine-acre property has groundwater that tests positive for high levels of volatile organic compounds, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

An estimated 3,000 tons of contaminated soil was removed from a section of the northwestern part of the property in 2001. An investigation into the scale of the continued contamination is underway, the DEC said.