U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Brownfields 2016 Grant Fact Sheet
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning
Commission, Claremont and Lebanon, 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.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct nine
Phase I and three Phase II environmental site assessments. Community-wide petroleum grant funds
will be used to conduct seven Phase I and four Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds
of both types also will be used to develop a Brownfields Advisory Committee, prioritize and select
sites, and support community outreach activities. The Planning Commission plans to focus
assessments on the Cities of Claremont and Lebanon.
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/brownfieldsy
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
617-918-1278
EPA Region 1 Brownfields Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/brownfields-and-land-
revitalization-connecticut-maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode#pane-l
Grant Recipient: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, NH
603-448-1680
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 Office of Land and EPA 560-F-16-143
Environmental Emergency May 2016
Protection Agency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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