Brownfields 2017 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet Southwest Region Planning Commission, Southwest 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 Grant $200,000for hazardous substances EPA has selected the Southwest Region Planning Commission for a brownfields assessment grant. Site-specific hazardous substances grant funds will be used to conduct Phase II environmental site assessments at the former Kingsbury Corporation site at 80 Laurel Street in Keene. The former industrial facility operated from the 1890s until bankruptcy was filed in 2011. The facility produced parts and high production automatic machine tools for automotive, business, appliance, hardware, plumbing, and sports equipment. Grant funds also will be used to develop cleanup plans, and conduct community outreach activities, including 15 monthly newsletter entries and up to 12 documented Brownfields Advisory Committee meetings. 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)918-1627 EPA Region 1 Brownfields Web site (https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie lds-and-land-revitalization-connecticut- maine-massachusetts-new-hampshire-rhode ) Grant Recipient: Southwest Region Planning Commission, NH (603) 357-0557 Hie 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 _ . w__tp Environmental EPA 560-F-17-117 Protection Agency Re™S (51<»T) M»»2017 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (Si us ) ------- |