2008 New England Brownfields New Hampshire Grant Fact Sheet Summary


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"The term 'brownfield site' means 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(from the federal Brownfields Act of
2002)
Summary of Brownfields Program
Originally begun as an EPA initiative in January 1995, the US EPA National Brownfields
Program has since evolved into a collaborative effort involving many federal, state and local
partners. In January 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act ("the Brownfields law") was signed. This law expanded potential federal assistance for
Brownfields revitalization, including grants for assessment, cleanup, and job training. The law
also includes provisions to establish and enhance state and tribal response programs, which
will continue to play a critical role in the successful cleanup and revitalization of brownfields.
Below is a summary of the US EPA Region 1 funding for each of the key Brownfields initiatives.
EPA Brownfields Funding in New England: Program Distribution by State (1994-2008)*
Program
CT
ME
MA
NH
RI
VT
Total
Assessment
Grants
410.148.630
45.909.017
420.720.131
44.229.000
42.703.000
48.310.000
$52,019,778
Revolving
Loan Fund
(RLF) Grants
49.529.645
45.568.355
413.668.000
44.201.790
45.690.000
42.000.000
$40,657,790
Cleanup
Grants
46.285.500
42.580.744
48.475.033
41.800.000
44.400.000
$0
$23,541,277
Job Training
Grants
41.740.264
4200.000
42.088.799
$0
4350.000
$0
$4,379,063
EPA Targeted
Assessments
(TBA)
42.177.470
4426.339
43.743.869
4398.926
4314.217
4266.621
$7,327,442
State & Tribal
Brownfields
Funding
46.942.301
45.574.137
49.407.315
47.834.017
46.150.853
42.976.108
$38,884,731
Showcase
Communities
4300.000
$0
4800.000
$0
4300.000
$0
$1,400,000
Total
$37,123,810
$20,258,592
$58,903,147
$18,463,733
$19,908,070
$13,552,729
$168,210,081
*Funding total current as of April 2008
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Assessment Grant Program
State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to inventory,
characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community involvement related to brownfield
sites. Applicants may apply for $200,000 to address sites contaminated by hazardous
substances, pollutants, or contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with
petroleum) and $200,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum. A community-wide
proposal is one in which sites are not specifically identified. The performance period of these
grants is three years and recipients are selected through an annual national competition.
The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for all Assessment Grants awarded
in New Hampshire since 1994.
Assessment Grant Program
Recipient
2008 Funding
Total Funding
Clare mont

$200,000
Concord

$90,000
Nashua

$673,000
Nashua Reaional Plannina Commission

$400,000
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
$200,000
$550,000
New Hampshire Office of State Plannina

$400,000
North Country Council of Governments

$600,000
Rockinaham Plannina Commission

$200,000
Southern New Hampshire Plannina Commission

$200,000
Southwest Reaion Plannina Commission

$916,000
Assessment Grant Program Total:
$200,000
$4,229,000*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.

Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program
State, tribal, and local governments are eligible to apply for funding to capitalize a revolving
loan fund (RLF) and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields sites.
Applicants may apply for $1,000,000 to address sites contaminated by petroleum and
hazardous substances. Two or more eligible entities may team together to form a coalition to
pool their revolving loan funds. Revolving loan funds generally are used to provide no-interest
or low-interest loans for brownfields cleanups. An RLF grant recipient may also use up to 40%
of the awarded funds to award subgrants to other eligible entities, including nonprofit
organizations, for brownfields cleanups on sites owned by the subgrantee. A grant recipient
cannot subgrant to itself. An RLF grant requires a 20% cost share. The performance period of
these grants is five years and recipients are selected through an annual national competition.
The figures in the table that follows are cumulative totals for all Revolving Loan Fund Grants
awarded in New Hampshire since 1 994.
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Revolving Loan Fund Program
Recipient
Funding
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
$1,751,790
State of New Hampshire
$2,450,000
Revolving Loan Fund Program Total:
$4,201,790*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
Cleanup Grant Program
State, tribal, local governments and nonprofits are eligible to apply for funding to carry out
cleanup activities at Brownfields sites that they own. Applicants may apply for $200,000 per
site to address sites contaminated by petroleum and/or hazardous substances. Cleanup
grants require a 20% cost share. Eligible applicants must own the site for which it is
requesting funding in order to qualify. The performance period of these grants is three years
and recipients are selected through an annual national competition. The figures in the table
that follows are cumulative totals for all Cleanup Grants awarded in New Hampshire since
2003.
Cleanup Grant Program
Recipient
Site
2008 Funding
Total Funding
Berlin
Burgess School/Notre Dame High School
$200,000
$200,000
Durham
Craig Supply Site, Depot Street

$200,000
Depot Road Site
$200,000
$200,000
Hillsborouah
Woods Woolen Mill, 23/25 West Mill
Street

$200,000
Keene
Perkins Machine Shop Property, 92 & 110
Water Street

$200,000
Nashua
76 Temple Street

$200,000
The Boiler House, 90 Pine Street
Extension

$200,000
Ravmond
Former Rex Leather Tannery - Lot 43,
Corner of Old Manchester Road & Wight
Street

$200,000
Former Rex Leather Tannery - Lot 120,
Corner of Old Manchester Road & Wight
Street

$200,000
Cleanup Grant Program Total:
$400,000
$1,800,000*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
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Job Training Grant Program
State, tribal, local governments and non-profits are eligible to apply for funding to assist
residents of communities impacted by Brownfields take advantage of jobs created by the
assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Applicants may apply for $200,000 and must be
located within or near a Brownfields Assessment Grant community. The Job Training Grant
Program's goals are to prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field and
to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites contaminated with hazardous substances. The
performance period of these grants is two years and recipients are selected through an
annual national competition.
Targeted Brownfields Assessments fTBAI
One of EPA's non-grant programs is the Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) Program.
TBAs are conducted by an EPA contractor on behalf of municipalities or non-profits. This is a
"grant of services" where an EPA contractor performs the site assessment. The purpose of a
TBA is to minimize the uncertainties associated with actual or perceived contamination that
complicates the redevelopment of vacant or underutilized properties. The average value of
these assessments is $100,000. There is usually one round of selections per year and
applications are accepted at any time. The Brownfields Law expanded the TBA program's
eligible sites to also include those contaminated solely by petroleum products. Call Jim Byrne
at (617) 918-1389 for more information. Below is a summary of the sites and amount of
TBA funding received in New Hampshire since 1 997.
EPA Targeted Brownfields Assessments
Recipient
Site
Approx. Value of
Assessment
Durham
Craia SuddIv Company, Depot Road
$70,409
Franklin
J.P. Stevens Mill, East Bow Street
$8,697
Londonderry
Lamont Labs, 6 Perimeter Road
$30,954
Milton
Former Tannery Site ("Milton Mills'), Walter Street
$165,300
Newport
Ambarais Mill, 8 Greenwood Road
$116,748
Sutton
Henry's Tire Property, Route 114
$6,818
EPA-Lead Targeted Brownfields Assessments Total:
$398,926*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
State Brownfields Funding
States and tribes play a significant role in identifying, cleaning up and redeveloping
brownfield properties. EPA provides up to $50 million annually in grants to states and tribes
to establish or enhance their response programs that address the assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment of brownfields. States and tribes can use this funding to establish or expand
voluntary cleanup programs, perform environmental assessments and cleanups, capitalize a
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cleanup revolving loan fund, purchase environmental insurance, establish or maintain a
public record of sites, oversee cleanups, and to conduct site specific activities. Below is a
summary of the amount of funding received in New Hampshire since 1 994.
State Brownfields Funding
Recipient
Funding
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
$7,834,017
State Program Total:
$7,834,017*
*Funding total current as of April 2008.
State Assessments
Recipient
Site
Berlin
Fraser Paper Administration Building
Notre Dame / Burgess School
Pulp and Paper of America, R&D Building
Bradford
Former Naughton Landfill/Autocraft Site
Bristol
Bristol Micro Factory
Center Barnstead
Rogers Property, 72 South Barnstead Road (Route 126)
Claremont
Monadnock Mills
Derry
Shamrock Cleaners Site, 3 Railroad Avenue
Durham
Craig Supply Site
Greenfield
Former East Coast Steel
Harrisville
Harfford Property
Haverhill
Woodsville Railyard
Henniker
Contoocook Valley Paper
Hillsborough
Woods Woolen Mill
Jaffrey
Elite Laundry
Lebanon
Tide Water Oil Site
Londonderry
Lamont Laboratories
Manchester
Bass Island, 310 Second Street
Bass Island, 344 Second Street
Merrimack
Harcros Chemical Site
Merrimack Industrial Metals, Post Road Plaza
Milton
Spaulding Composites Lagoon Site
Milton Mills
Former Greene Tannery
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Recipient
Site
Mount Vernon
Kaminski Site
Nashua
Whitney Screw
New Boston
Robert Riley Property
New Ipswich
Seppala & Aho Site
Northfield
Surrette Battery
Nottingham
Lee Farm Property
Plymouth
Kelley's Salvage Yard
Raymond
Rex Leathers/Regis Tannery
Rochester
Advance Recycling Site
Somersworth
Breton Cleaners, 1 Wnter Street
Surry
Bedard's Auto Center & General Store
Sutton
Carnevale Property (Henry's Tire & Wecking), Route 114
Tilton
Pillsbury Mill
Troy
Troy Mills
Winchester
AC Lawrence Leathers
State Cleanups
Municipality
Site
Durham
Craig Supply Site
Goffstown
Upreach Therapeutic Riding Center, 153 Paige Hill Road
Laconia
Mechanic Street School, 259 Mechanic Street
Peterborough
Wilder Thermometer
Sutton
Carnevale Property (Henry's Tire & Wrecking), Route 114
Showcase Communities
As part of the multi-federal agency Brownfields National Partnership, sixteen communities
were selected to receive Showcase Community designation following a national competition.
The federal partners work with selected communities to revitalize brownfields properties. EPA
provided each with a $200,000 Brownfields Demonstration Pilot and assigned an EPA
employee to work full time in the designated community for two years.
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EPA New England Brownfielps Program Contacts
Brownfields Section Chief
Carol Tucker, 617-918-1221
Brownfields Coordinator & State Funding
Diane Kelley, 617-918-1424
Assessment Grant Program
Alan Peterson, 617-918-1022
Revolving Loan Fund Grant Program
Joe Ferrari, 617-918-1 105
Cleanup Grant & Targeted Brownfields Assessment Programs
Jim Byrne, 617-918-1389
Job Training Program
Marcus Holmes, 617-918-1630
Environmental Justice & Non-Profit Outreach
Kathleen Castagna, 617-918-1429
Sustainable Reuse
Jessica Dominguez, 617-918-1627
Communications
Christine Lombard, 617-918-1305
Petroleum
Dorrie Paar, 617-918-1432
Special Projects
Steve Chase, 617-918-1431
Data Manager
Ken Champlin, 617-918-1528
Visit: www.epa.gov/regionO 1 /brownfields
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