United States
                   Environmental
                   Protection Agency
                   Washington, D.C.  20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
                   EPA 500-F-00-038
                   April 2000
                   www.epa.gov/brownfields/
  <&EPA   Brownfields Supplemental
                  Assistance
                                New Hampshire  Department  of
                                             Environmental  Services
  Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                  Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding:  assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields.  These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as  they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and  redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the State of New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. New Hampshire was one of the
first manufacturing centers in the nation, and many of
its small towns  developed around textile and
manufacturing mills. A number of these  mill and
manufacturing sites were abandoned or underutilized
as textile and manufacturing jobs left the state. A total
of 467 non-National Priorities List (NPL) sites have
been inventoried by the  state and found to be
contaminated with hazardous substances.

New Hampshire is composed primarily  of small
towns and cities, and only one city (Manchester) has
a population greater than 100,000.  Abandoned or
underused industrial and commercial properties can
have a significant impact on tax revenues and jobs in
small municipalities, since theirproperty tax bases are
comparatively small. In small towns, the resolution of
contamination issues surrounding an abandoned site
that formerly housed even a small industrial facility
can have a dramatic impact on the local community.
Cleanup andredevelopment of these properties usually
  PILOT SNAPSHOT
                     Date of Announcement:
                     March 2000

                     Amount: $150,000

                     Profile: The Pilot intends to
                     fundthreetofivesiteassessment
                     and cleanupplanning efforts for
                     NewHampshire'ssmallertowns
                     in preparation for entry into the
 New Hampshire Department of state'sbrownfieldsorvoluntary
   Environmental Services    cleanup programs.
                   Regional Brownfields Team
                   U.S. EPA-Region 1
                   (617)918-1209
Contacts:

State of New Hampshire
Department of
Environmental Services
(603)271-6422
      Visit the EPA Region 1 Brownfields web site at:
     http://www.epa.gov/region01/remed/brnfld/

   Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts,
 additional Pilotinformation, brownfields news and events, and
 publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
        http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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is hindered because of the uncertain environmental
conditions and unclear liabilities associated with the
contamination.

OBJECTIVES AND  PLANNED ACTIVITIES

The state's objective is to create  a brownfields
cleanup andredevelopment partnership amongfederal,
state, and local governments. The overall brownfields
strategy is to address sites in an integrated manner by
using a variety of resources to facilitate  private
sector-driven and-financed redevelopment. The state
will use the  supplemental  assistance to resolve
environmental issues through assessments and cleanup
planning,  provide integrated assistance with  other
brownfields programs, and assist with reuse planning
at three to five additional brownfields in several New
Hampshire municipalities.

To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:

• Select three  to  five brownfields sites for further
 investigation;

• Conduct environmental assessments at the targeted
 properties;

• Prepare cleanup plans with cost estimates for the
 targeted properties;

• Develop reuse plans for the targeted properties; and

• Coordinate assistance from other programs to ensure
 successful assessment, cleanup, andredevelopment
 of the targeted properties.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
  Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                          New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
  April 2000                                                                          EPA 500-F-00-038

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