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Brownfields 2025 Assessment Fact Sheet

Nashua Regional Planning Commission, NH

Grant Recipient Information

Name: Nashua Regional Planning Commission
Phone: 603-417-6570 ext 6564
Website: http://www.nashuarpc.org

EPA Information

Region: EPA Region 1 Brownfields Team
Phone: 617-918-1389
Website: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/r1
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Publication Information

Office:
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Land and Emergency Management (5105T)
Washington, D.C. 20460
Publication Number:
EPA-560-F-25-142
Publication Date:
May 2025

Overview of the EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, Tribal Nations, 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.

Assessment Grant

$500,000

EPA has selected the Nashua Regional Planning Commission for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to update and expand the inventory of brownfield sites and conduct eight Phase I and eight Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to support community engagement activities and develop five cleanup plans. The target area for this grant includes the downtown neighborhoods of the Cities of Nashua and Milford. Priority sites include a former machine shop, a former textile processing mill and turbine facility, and a dilapidated former police training facility.

Revolving Loan Fund Grant

$1,000,000

EPA has selected the Nashua Regional Planning Commission for a Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant that will be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from which the Nashua Regional Planning Commission will provide three loans and three subgrants to support cleanup activities. Grant funds also will be used to develop six cleanup plans and support community engagement activities. RLF activities will focus on the downtown neighborhoods of the Cities of Nashua and Milford.

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.
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