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Published: 5/17/2021 4:15:29 PM
The town of Jaffrey has been awarded $300,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Program grants to assess sites with potential hazards, and prepare them for redevelopment. First on the list are the former St. Patrick’s School and the former W.W. Cross building.
“Brownfield” properties are sites where there is potential for expansion or redevelopment, complicated by the presence – or just potential presence of hazardous substances. Since 1995, the Brownfields Program has provided $1.76 billion in grants nationally to assess and clean up these sites to allow redevelopment to move forward.
“The Town is delighted to have been selected by EPA for a Community Wide Brownfield Assessment Grant. We will be working closely with our local Brownfields Advisory Committee, and our federal and state partners to address the redevelopment of derelict and abandoned sites so that they are no longer a burden
Department of the Air Force officials joined Portsmouth and New Hampshire elected representatives at a ceremony May 4 at the former Pease Air Force Base to mark the opening of a state-of-the-art water treatment facility that will help protect the,
Bethlehem landfill notified of compliance deficiency
May 06, 2021BETHLEHEM Last week, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued a Letter of Deficiency to North Country Environmental Services (NCES) for exceeding landfill capacity. The news came one month after the Conservation Law Foundation filed a civil complaint against the Bethlehem landfill.
According to the letter, NHDES Waste Management Division Assistant Director Sarah Yuas Kim informed NCES Manager Kevin Roy that the company had violated a permit modification from Aug. 15, 2014. The landfill secured NHDES approval for a Stage VI expansion last October.
NCES completed expansion construction in Dec 2020 with the intent to begin receiving waste last month. Stage VI extended its footprint beyond Bethlehem Zoning District V, which remains the only district that allows landfills.
Plainfield seeks emergency authorization to shore up River Road
Nancy Franklin (left), co-owner of Riverview Farm, asks officials gathered on River Road in Plainfield on Wednesday whether they considered moving the road away from the Connecticut River instead of rebuilding the road bed caused by erosion. At center is Executive Councilor Joe Kenney and at right is engineer Erin Darrow. Geoff Hansen / Valley News
Plainfield Town Administrator Steve Halleran talks about the town’s limited budget to repair the road bed on River Road due to erosion along the Connecticut River in Plainfield. valley news Geoff Hansen
Published: 4/30/2021 5:37:04 PM
Town officials are pushing to fast-track repairs to a roughly 150-foot embankment that’s been eroded by the nearby Connecticut River, hoping to avoid an expensive road-closing collapse.