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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Nashua, NH
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Nashua was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant and a brownfields
cleanup grant. The second largest city in New Hamp-
shire, Nashua (population 86,605) also is one of its
fastest growing. Beginning in the early 1900s, a large
manufacturing facility generated approximately
400,000 tons of contaminated waste over a 70-year
period. The waste was disposed of at the facility and
surrounding properties as well as distributed as free
fill to property owners throughout the area. In the
census tract with the highest number of these disposal
sites, 11.5 percent of residents are minorities, and 14.2
percent live below the poverty level. The cleanup
target site, the Boiler House, is a remnant of a large
mill complex, most of which has been redeveloped. It
is located in a census tract where 24 percent of
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Nashua for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to perform Phase
I and Phase II environmental site assessments of
disposal sites containing inorganic contaminants.
Funds also will be used to conduct community
outreach activities.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Nashua for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up the former Nashua Manufactur-
ing Boiler and Coal House (the Boiler House) at
90 Pine Street Extension. The Boiler House was
part of a textile mill complex that closed in 1949.
Site soil is contaminated with inorganic sub-
stances. Funds will be used to transport and
dispose of the impacted soil and conduct commu-
nity outreach activities.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1424
http://www.epa.gov/region01/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Nashua, NH
603-589-3074
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-118
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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residents are minorities and the poverty rate is 18.1
percent. The presence of contaminants at the disposal
sites and the Boiler House makes them difficult to sell.
With Nashua nearly 100 percent built out, addressing
contamination at these sites will improve prospects for
redevelopment and reduce the risk of contaminant
exposure to the community. Redevelopment will
provide employment and housing opportunities, and
serve as a catalyst for continued redevelopment that
will help instill community pride.
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