SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
New Hampshire Plating Company
Merrimack, NH
Pilots
EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) is a nationally coordinated effort to facilitate the return of Superfund
sites to productive use by selecting response actions consistent with anticipated use. The SRI Pilots are intended to
help local governments enhance their involvement in the Superfund decision-making process by assisting EPA in
predicting future land uses for Superfund sites. Under the Pilot Program, EPA will provide up to $100,000 in financial
assistance and/or services to local governments for specified activities. Applicants are offered several types of program
assistance, including funding through a cooperative agreement, access to facilitation services, and/or the availability of
personnel under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).
BACKGROUND
EPA selected the Town of Merrimack, New Hampshire,
for a Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Merrimack is
home to the New Hampshire Plating Co. Superfund site.
From 1962 until 1985, the New Hampshire Plating Co.
(NHPC) conducted electroplating operations on a 13-
acre parcel of land. Four natural lagoons on the
property were used forthe disposal of wastes and
waste waters from the electroplating process. These
lagoons were unlined and had no leachate detection or
collection systems. Because of the nature of its
operations, NHPC declared itself a hazardous waste
disposal facility underthe Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). In 1982, the EPA and the New
Hampshire Division of Environmental Services cited
NHPC for violating several RCRA requirements and
closed the facility in 1985. In October 1992, EPA
added the site to its list of hazardous waste sites
needing cleanup. The site is near a Brownfields Pilot.
OBJECTIVES
Because of Merrimack's proximity to other major cities,
many businesses and theirworkers are moving to the
town. To address the growth, the town is beginning to
revise its master plan. Because Merrimack is growing
quickly, reusing formerly developed lands, including a
Superfund site, has become an attractive option to
developers. With Pilot funds, Merrimack will determine
options for reuse and develop a reuse plan. The town
will solicit community opinions for reuse ideas, identify
the community's needs, and identify uses compatible
with the cleanup.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
A Concord
New Hampshire
Plating Company

Applicant Name: Merrimack, NH
Site Name: New Hampshire Plating Co.
Date of Selection: July 2000
Anticipated Award: Cooperative agreement
($66,600)
Profile: The city will reach community
consensus on reuse and develop a reuse
plan.
Contacts:
Don Berger
U.S. EPA Region 1
(617) 918-1351
berger.don@epa.gov
Superfund Hotline:
(800) 424-9346 or
(703) 412-9810 (DC Metro Area)
reuse.info@epa.gov
Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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