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Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant
Fact Sheet
Rockingham Planning Commission, Southeast
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. On
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
this law, EPA will provide financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC) was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The RPC serves 27 municipalities in southeastern New
Hampshire (population 190,372) and will target the
communities of Epping, Exeter, Plaistow, Seabrook,
and Hampton (combined population 50,152). The
targeted region has a proud industrial history dating
back to the 1800s. Clothing and textile mills, timber
processing plants, and machine shops formed the hearts
of the target communities. The decline in industry has
left behind aging structures and chemical
contamination. An inventory of sites in the RPC region
has listed more than 200 brownfields totaling almost
900 acres of underused properties. An estimated 345 of
these acres are in the target communities, representing
lost jobs and financial hardship. Brownfield
assessments will clarify environmental concerns and are
expected to provide opportunities for redevelopment.

Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the Rockingham Planning
Commission for two brownfields assessment grants.
Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to conduct up to five Phase I and Phase
II environmental site assessments in Rockingham
County. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct up to seven Phase I and Phase II
environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
will be used to inventory and prioritize brownfield
sites, 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: Rockingham Planning
Commission, NH
(603)778-0885
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.
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