Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Concord, NH
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Concord was selected to receive three
brownfields cleanup grants. Concord (population
40,687) was the historical center of industrial
manufacturing in central New Hampshire. Many of the
city's 500 acres of brownfields are former
manufacturing and commercial facilities related to
textiles, printing, and transportation. The economic
downturn and lack of investment in Concord have
resulted in a reduced tax base, which has impacted the
city's ability to provide services. The target sites are in
the Penacook Village community in Concord, where
manufacturing was the mainstay of the economy from
1835 to 1987. They are all on the banks of the
Contoocook River, which supplies a portion of the
city's public water system and is an important
recreational resource. Per capita and median household
incomes in Penacook Village are below the national
averages. When the target sites are cleaned up, the city
plans to redevelop them as part of a mixed-use project
that will include residential and commercial uses and a
river walk. Cleanup of the sites also is expected to help
prevent contaminated runoff from entering the
Contoocook River.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Concord for three
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up three lots at the
former Allied Leather Tannery in Penacook Village:
Lot 1 at 27 East Street, Lot 2 at 31 East Street, and
Lot 3 at 35 East Street. The site was first developed
in 1846 as a textile facility and later converted into a
tannery for manufacturing leather products. Lot 1 is
contaminated with chromium. Lot 2 is contaminated
with chromium and polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons. Lot 3 is contaminated with
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Grant funds also
will be used to support community involvement
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
(617)918-1424
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region 1 /brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Concord,NH
603-225-8570
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 negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-128-016
May 11
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