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   ^K?1    Brownfields 2011  Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
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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 Town of Bristol was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Bristol (population 3,123) is
located along the Newfound River in  central New
Hampshire. Pulp mills, machine shops, and mica
manufacturing plants that were situated along two rivers
near downtown Bristol comprised the town's economy
in the 1800s and early 1900s. Bristol today has an
estimated nine brownfield sites throughout the town as
a result of its industrial past. Most of these sites are in
the town center, including the Mica Building, a vacant
and deteriorating 10,000-square-foot property located
in a low-to-moderate income neighborhood. Bristol's
per capita and median household incomes are lower
than the state and nationwide averages. Cleanup of the
Mica Building will reduce exposure to hazardous
substances and allow the town to move forward with
plans to redevelop the site into a riverfront park and add
parking  space for town center businesses.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Town of Bristol for a
                   brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                   grant funds will be used to clean up the Mica
                   Building on 8 Central Street. The site has had many
                   historic uses, including shoe manufacturing, storage
                   of lumber and construction materials, and processing
                   of mica. The site is contaminated with hazardous
                   substances, including metals and inorganic
                   contaminants. Grant funds also will be used for
                   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: Town of Bristol, New Hampshire
                   603-744-3354

                   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-128-017
         May 11

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