w5 Brownfields 1998 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet State of New Hampshire EPA Brownfields Initiative 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 January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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. Background EPA has selected the State of New Hampshire for a Brownfields Pilot. New Hampshire was one of the first manufacturing centers in the nation, and many of its small towns developed around textile and manufacturing mills. A number of these mill and manufacturing sites were abandoned or underutilized as textile and manufacturing jobs left the state. A total of 467 non-National Priorities List (NPL) sites have been inventoried by the state and found to be contaminated with hazardous substances. New Hampshire is composed primarily of small towns and cities, and only one-Manchester-has a population over 100,000. Abandoned or underused industrial and commercial properties can have a significant impact on tax revenues and jobs in small municipalities, since their property tax bases are comparatively small. In small towns, the resolution of contamination issues surrounding an abandoned site that formerly housed even a small industrial facility can have a dramatic impact on the local community. Cleanup and redevelopment of these properties usually is hindered because of the uncertain environmental conditions and unclear liabilities associated with the contamination. The state has identified nine brownfields in different towns as potential targets for Pilot assistance. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 07/15/1998 Amount: $200,000 Profile: The Pilot intends to fund site assessment and cleanup planning efforts for New Hampshire's smaller towns in preparation for entry into the state's brownfields or voluntary cleanup programs. 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/regionl/brownfields) Grant Recipient: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (603)271-2900 Objectives The state's objective is to create a brownfields cleanup and redevelopment partnership between federal, state, and local governments. The state will send EPA Pilot funds to small municipalities that are actively attempting to address environmental problems and other issues found at idle properties, which have significant adverse impacts on the local economy. The Pilot assessments will be targeted toward: small municipalities where brownfields have a significant adverse impact on the local economy; known contaminated sites; and municipalities that are most active in trying to address their brownfields problems. The state's brownfields program will provide liability protection for prospective purchasers upon approval of a cleanup plan, and will extend this protection to future owners upon completion of cleanup. Funding site assessment and cleanup planning efforts will prepare sites for entry into the state's brownfields or voluntary United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 500-F-98-137 May 98 ------- cleanup programs. Activities Activities planned as part of this Pilot include: • Selecting sites that are either 1) owned by a municipality (e.g., taken for back taxes), or 2) being considered for purchase or municipal acquisition by tax deed or eminent domain; • Providing targeted assistance to municipalities with the greatest need and potential impact to increase property taxes, create jobs, and concurrently resolve environmental problems; • Conducting site assessments and preparing cleanup plans to aid in site redevelopment; • Continuing to work with town redevelopment efforts and maintain the working relationships with all of the towns containing potential sites; and • Establishing baseline data to track progress at each site. The baseline will consist of the assessed value of the property, the back taxes owed, and the status of the site with respect to environmental indicators. 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. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 and Emergency Response (5105T) Solid Waste EPA 500-F-98-137 May 98 ------- /!T^. Brownfields 1998 Supplemental Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet %( ^ New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services EPA Brownfields Initiative 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 January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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. Background EPA awarded the State of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services supplemental assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot. New Hampshire was one of the first manufacturing centers in the nation, and many of its small towns developed around textile and manufacturing mills. A number of these mill and manufacturing sites were abandoned or underutilized as textile and manufacturing jobs left the state. A total of 467 non-National Priorities List (NPL) sites have been inventoried by the state and found to be contaminated with hazardous substances. New Hampshire is composed primarily of small towns and cities, and only one city (Manchester) has a population greater than 100,000. Abandoned or underused industrial and commercial properties can have a significant impact on tax revenues and jobs in small municipalities, since their property tax bases are comparatively small. In small towns, the resolution of contamination issues surrounding an abandoned site that formerly housed even a small industrial facility can have a dramatic impact on the local community. Cleanup and redevelopment of these properties usually is hindered because of the uncertain environmental conditions and unclear liabilities associated with the contamination. Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 03/01/2000 Amount: $150,000 Profile: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. The Pilot intends to fund three to five site assessment and cleanup planning efforts for New Hampshire's smaller towns in preparation for entry into the state's brownfields or voluntary cleanup programs. 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/regionl/brownfields) Grant Recipient: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (603)271-6422 Objectives The state's objective is to create a brownfields cleanup and redevelopment partnership among federal, state, and local governments. The overall brownfields strategy is to address sites in an integrated manner by using a variety of resources to facilitate private sector-driven and-financed redevelopment. The state will use the supplemental assistance to resolve environmental issues through assessments and cleanup planning, provide integrated assistance with other brownfields programs, and assist with reuse planning at three to five additional brownfields in several New Hampshire municipalities. To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to: • Select three to five brownfields sites for further investigation; • Conduct environmental assessments at the EPA 500-F-00-038 Apr 00 United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) ------- targeted properties; • Prepare cleanup plans with cost estimates for the targeted properties; • Develop reuse plans for the targeted properties; and • Coordinate assistance from other programs to ensure successful assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of the targeted properties. The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. 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. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 and Emergency Response (5105T) Solid Waste EPA 500-F-00-038 Apr 00 ------- |