u o 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; ------- • 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/ ------- |