Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
              La/ces Region Planning Commission, North Central New
              Hampshire
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 Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The LRPC serves 30 municipalities (population
106,428) in north-central New Hampshire. Historically,
the region's economy was based around industrial mills
built during the 1800s. Most of these mills are now
underused, abandoned, or condemned. Mill closings
between 200 land 2002 cost the region 931 permanent
jobs, 77 percent of which were manufacturing-based.
Many mills are located in downtown areas of the
municipalities served by the LRPC. There are about 250
brownfields in four target communities. Uncertainties
regarding the type and extent of contamination at these
sites pose potential risks to the public and limit the
region's economic potential. Brownfield assessments
will clarify environmental and human health concerns,
and are expected to encourage and facilitate site
redevelopment.
                  Assessment Grants

                  $200,000 for hazardous substances
                  $200,000 for petroleum

                  EPA has selected the Lakes Region Planning
                  Commission for two brownfields assessment grants.
                  Community-wide hazardous substances and
                  petroleum grant funds will be used to inventory
                  brownfield sites in the target communities of
                  Ashland, Bristol, Franklin, and Laconia. Hazardous
                  substances grant funds also will be used to conduct
                  four Phase I and four Phase II environmental site
                  assessments. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
                  conduct six Phase I and six Phase II environmental
                  site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
                  conduct cleanup planning and support community
                  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
                  (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: Lakes Region Planning
                  Commission,NH
                  (603)279-8171

                  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)
EPA 560-F-09-095
        May 09

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