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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

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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.

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/!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

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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

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