EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfield sites. 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 Job Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal response programs through a separate mechanism.
$2,019,400
EPA has selected the Town of Jaffrey for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant that will be 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.