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Biden-Harris Administration announces over $3 million in Brownfield Grants to
rehabilitate and revitalize communities in New Hampshire through Investing in
America agenda
Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President
Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance
environmental justice, and create healthier communities
BOSTON (May 20, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
announced $3,019,400 in grant awards from President Biden’s Investing in
America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in
New Hampshire while advancing environmental justice. These investments through
EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Programs
will help transform once-polluted, vacant, and abandoned properties into
community assets, while helping to create good jobs and spur economic
revitalization in overburdened communities.
EPA selected two communities in New Hampshire to receive two grants totaling
over $3 million in competitive EPA Brownfields funding through the
Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant programs.
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the awards in Philadelphia today
alongside Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and U.S. Representative Mary Gay
Scanlon at a local brownfield side near Bartram’s Mile. For over 60 years,
the site was used as an oil terminal, filled with storage tanks full of
petroleum and other semi-volatile organic compounds. The City of Philadelphia
has been working to reclaim brownfield sites along Bartram’s Mile, turning
them into a community hub where residents can access trails for hiking and
biking, as well as areas for fishing, gardening, farming and more.
“Far too many communities across America have suffered the harmful economic
and health consequences of living near polluted brownfield sites,” said
President Joe Biden. “I’ve long believed that people who’ve borne the
burden of pollution should be the first to see the benefits of new investment.
Under my Administration, we are making that a reality by ensuring the historic
resources from my Investing in America agenda reach communities that need it
most. I am proud that my Administration is helping Philadelphia clean up and
transform this area into an economic engine, while tackling a longstanding
environmental injustice and creating good-paying jobs.”
“President Biden sees contaminated sites and blighted areas as an
opportunity to invest in healthier, revitalized communities,” said EPA
Administrator Michael S. Regan. “That’s why he secured historic funding
under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, supercharging EPA’s Brownfields
program to clean up contaminated properties in overburdened communities and
bring them back into productive use.”
“Brownfields grants are gamechangers—they turn polluted, abandoned sites
into thriving community spaces. This isn’t just about cleaning up the
environment; it’s about revitalizing neighborhoods, creating good jobs, and
ensuring healthier living for everyone—it’s a win-win-win-win-win-win,”
said EPA Regional Administrator David W. Cash. “This additional funding from
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping to transform contaminated
properties into valuable community assets, making a real difference for New
Hampshire families, especially in the areas that need it most.”
“I’m thrilled to see this funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
investing in Granite State communities. By cleaning up former industrial and
other sites, the Brownfields program unlocks new economic opportunities while
addressing public health and environmental threats,” said U.S. Senator
Jeanne Shaheen. “I look forward to seeing what comes next for Jaffrey and
Nashua as the communities look toward revitalization of these sites.”
“Cleanup projects help reduce contamination that threatens the public
health, groundwater and our environment,” said U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan.
“I was proud to help negotiate and pass the bipartisan infrastructure law to
help make projects like these possible, which play a vital role in removing
harmful chemicals and cleaning up polluted sites.”
“These resources represent an important investment in the health and wellbeing
of Jaffrey and Nashua,” said Rep. Ann Kuster. “Cleaning up decades old
contamination protects residents and helps communities spur economic
revitalization. I’m pleased to see these resources from made possible by the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law being put to work in New Hampshire.”
Many communities that are under economic stress, particularly those located in
areas that have experienced long periods of disinvestment, lack the resources
needed to initiate brownfield cleanup and redevelopment projects. As
brownfield sites are transformed into community assets, they attract jobs,
promote economic revitalization and transform communities into sustainable and
environmentally just places.
Thanks to the historic $1.5 billion boost from President Biden’s Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Brownfields Program is helping more communities
than ever before begin to address the economic, social, and environmental
challenges caused by brownfields and stimulate economic opportunity, and
environmental revitalization in historically overburdened communities.
EPA’s Brownfields Program advances President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative,
which set a goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain Federal
investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by
underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. The Brownfields Program strives
to meet this commitment and advance environmental justice and equity
considerations in all aspects of its work. Approximately 86% of the MAC and
RLF Supplemental program applications selected to receive funding proposed to
work in areas that include disadvantaged communities.
State Funding Breakdown:
Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Program
Selection
The following organizations in New Hampshire have been selected to receive EPA
Brownfields funding through the Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC)
Grant Programs.
Town of Jaffrey has been selected to receive $2,019,400 for a Brownfields
Cleanup Grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds will be
used to clean up the W.W. Cross Site at 39 Webster Street. The 11-acre cleanup
site is an abandoned former factory that manufactured tacks and fasteners for
the upholstery, carpeting, and shoe industry from 1916 until the late 1990s.
In 2008, the former warehouse and manufacturing space was converted into
several separate tenant-occupied spaces, including a warehouse, gym, and
mailing service. Active business operations ceased in 2012 and the structures
fell into disrepair. It is contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
metals, trichloroethylene, and inorganic contaminants. Grant funds also will
be used to prepare a Community Engagement Plan and conduct community
engagement activities.
City of Nashua has been selected to receive $1 million for a Brownfields
Multipurpose Grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Grant funds
will be used to conduct six Phase I and six Phase II environmental site
assessments, conduct community engagement and cleanup planning activities, and
conduct cleanup activities at the NIMCO site and the Police Training Facility.
Priority sites include the 2.3-acre NIMCO site, which houses a 60,000
square-foot former machine shop; the Police Training Facility located at 82
Pine Street, which is a 1.25-acre site with a long history of industrial use,
including operating as an auto/machine repair shop from 1920 to 1955; and the
Millyard Parking Lot site located at 7 Pine Street North, which currently
operates as a parking lot, and has a history of industrial uses. The target
area for this project is Downtown Nashua.
To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants
selected for funding, visit EPA’s FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and
Cleanup Applicants webpage.
Non-competitive Supplemental Funding Through the Existing Revolving Loan Fund
(RLF) Grant Program
In addition, the Agency is announcing non-competitive supplemental funding to
successful existing Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant programs that have already
achieved success in their work to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites. RLF
Grants provide funding for recipients to offer loans and subgrants to carry
out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. The funding announced today will
help communities continue to address the economic, social, and environmental
challenges caused by brownfield sites.
To see the list of RLF Supplemental funding recipients, visit EPA’s FY
2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.
Additional Background:
EPA has selected these organizations to receive funding to address and support
the reuse of brownfield sites to address the health, economic, social, and
environmental challenges caused by brownfields. EPA anticipates making all the
awards announced today once all legal and administrative requirements are
satisfied.
EPA’s Brownfields Program began in 1995 and has provided nearly $2.7 billion
in Brownfield Grants to assess and clean up contaminated properties and return
blighted properties to productive reuse. Prior to the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, this program made approximately $60 million available each
year. Thanks to the President’s historic investments in America through the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA has now increased that yearly investment
nearly 400 percent. More than half of the funding available for this grant
cycle (approximately $160 million) comes from the historic $1.5 billion
investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This
investment has also allowed the MAC grants’ maximum award amounts to
increase significantly from $500,000 to a new maximum of $5 million per award.
To see the list of the FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup applicants
selected for funding, visit EPA’s FY 2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and
Cleanup Applicants webpage.
To see the list of RLF Supplemental funding recipients, visit EPA’s FY
2024 Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup Applicants webpage.
To learn more about RLF Technical Assistance grant recipient, visit EPA’s
Brownfields Grow America webpage.
For more information on EPA’s Brownfields Program, visit EPA’s Brownfields
webpage.
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