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                           Brownfields
                           Supplemental  Assistance
                           City  of Nashua, NH
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the City of Nashua supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields  Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
Nashuais located approximately 30 miles south of Concord
on the southern border of New Hampshire. The city
(population 86,600) has experienced decreasing property
values and extensive job losses in neighborhoods containing
brownfield sites. The city currently is in the process of
creating the Broad Street Parkway, a  two-mile-long,
four-lane parkway that will connect the main highway to
the downtown area.  As part of  environmental  studies
prepared for this project,  more  than 30 contaminated
industrial sites were identified in the vicinity of the project
area. Although the new parkway will greatly increase
their value by improving their accessibility, uncertainties
regarding site  contamination have discouraged new
businesses from returning these sites to use.

The original EPA Pilot has enabled the city to complete an
inventory of contaminated sites  within  the new Broad
Street Parkway corridor. The Pilot  completed an
assessment of an industrial property known as the Whitney
Screw Site. The Pilot also performed a site investigation
of the Bennett  Street Site. Additional work is needed to
determine the  extent of contamination at the Bennett
Street Site.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

Supplemental assistance will be used to complete site
investigations at the Bennett Street Site, which is located
in the Broad Street  Parkway corridor. More detailed
information on this site will be obtained to define the extent
of environmental contamination,  address liability issues
identified during the original Pilot, and evaluate potential
cleanup strategies. Through efforts initiated during both
the Pilot and the Broad Street Parkway initiative, the city
will sponsor additional public meetings to solicit community
input.
   PILOT SNAPSHOT
Date of Announcement:
May 2002

Amount: $100,000

Profile: The Pilot targets a Broad
Street  Parkway  corridor
property requiring detailed site
investigation.
    City of Nashua, New
    Hampshire
   Contacts:

   Nashua Community
   Development Division
   (603)589-3075
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 1
(617)918-1210
        Visit the E PA Region 1 Brownfields web site at:
        http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/

      Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
             www.epa.gov/brownfields
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Installing and sampling from 10 microwellsatthe Bennett
  Street Site to define the  source of groundwater
  contamination;

• Obtaining soil borings and sample analyses from the
  Bennett Street Site  to define  the extent of soil
  contamination;

• Evaluating potential  cost-effective approaches for
  cleanup and redevelopment of the Bennett Street Site;

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• Conducting  outreach  and community involvement
  activities; and

• Developing a model for resolving brownfield issues.

Thecooperativeagreementforthis Pilot hasnotyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                Solid Waste             EPA 500-F-02-077
                                                                and  Emergency         May 2002
                                                                Response  (5105)        www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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