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 Brownfields 2007

  Grant  Fact Sheet

        Southern New

  Hampshire  Planning

          Commission


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 Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission
(SNHPC) was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The SNHPC serves the City of
Manchester, the largest city in New Hampshire, and 12
smaller towns (total population 263,713). The south-
ern New Hampshire region has a long history of
known contamination related to former mill and
tannery operations and, more recently, to petroleum
and oil spills. A state database lists 134 potential
brownfield sites in the region. Many of the sites are
located in town centers, near abandoned railroad lines,
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for petroleum
 EPA has selected the Southern New Hampshire
 Planning Commission for a brownfields assess-
 ment grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
 review and prioritize the list of known sites,
 perform up to 12 Phase I and up to three Phase II
 environmental site assessments, and conduct
 community outreach activities throughout the
 Commission's 13 municipalities.
 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: Southern New Hampshire
 Planning Commission
 603-669-4664
 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.
and along the region's four major river systems. These
sites represent potential threats to public health and the
environment, and reflect the economic distress related
to the decline in manufacturing. Between 2000 and
2003, the region lost 2,300 manufacturing jobs. The
newer replacement jobs are in the lower-paying
service sector. Assessment of area brownfields will
help stimulate both public and private investment in
cleanup and redevelopment.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-07-160
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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