United States Environ menial Protection LI M % Agency Brownfields 2019 Cleanup Fact Sheet Walpole, NH Grant Recipient Information Name: Town of Walpole Phone: 603-756-3672 EPA Information Region: EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team Phone: 617-918-1278 Website: https://www.epa.aov/brownfields/brownfields-and- land-revitalization-connecticut-maine-massachusetts-new- hampshire-rhode#pane-1 Publication Information Office: Publication Number: Publication Date: United States Environmental Protection Agency Land and Emergency Management (5105T) Washington, D.C. 20460 EPA-560-F-19-053 June 2019 Overview of the 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. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants, Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism. Cleanup Grant $500,000 for hazardous substances EPA has selected the Town of Walpole for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to clean up the Central Plating Site at 12 Westminster Street. The nearly 0.3- acre site operated as a metal electroplating facility from 1963 until 2006. The site is contaminated with heavy metals and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). Grant funds also will be used to conduct community outreach activities, including three public meetings. 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). ------- The information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant application; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of the information. The cooperative agreement is negotiated after the selection announcement. Therefore, the funding amount and activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. ------- |