New Hampshire Congressional Delegation Welcomes Over $2 Million in Congressionally-Approved Funds to Clean Up Contaminated Sites in Granite State Communities, Criticizes Trump Administration for Rolling Back Environmental Protections

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), along with U.S. Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), today welcomed the announcement of over $2 million in federal funds they helped secure from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up contaminated Brownfield sites in Nashua, Milford and Concord. New Hampshire has received more than $72 million in Brownfield funding since the program began in 1994. While the delegation welcomed the funds Congress approved on a bipartisan basis, they criticized the Trump administration for proposing to cut virtually all funding for EPA grant programs to states, like the Brownfields program, and rolling back other environmental protection programs at the EPA that help keep Granite Staters and the environment healthy. 

“Congress has long provided bipartisan support to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields program to clean up and provide new economic life to contaminated sites in communities big and small. This funding we secured—which will help Nashua, Milford and Concord revitalize and remediate sites in their communities—is especially important as the administration threatens to roll back environmental protections that help keep Granite Staters safe,” said Senator Shaheen. “As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I’ll continue pushing back against efforts to restrict resources and staffing so that the EPA can uphold its responsibility to protect public health and the environment.” 

“While this federal funding for three toxic waste sites in New Hampshire is one good step forward in cleaning up polluted land to put it back into use, the Trump Administration is simultaneously taking several steps backwards that make people less healthy, including its move to do away with protections against PFAS in drinking water,” said Senator Hassan. “I will continue to support efforts that get our communities and our economy the clean and safe land, air, and water that they need to thrive.” 

“New Hampshire’s economy and way of life are rooted in our surroundings, and it’s great to see these funds delivered to New Hampshire to clean up contaminated sites,” said Congressman Chris Pappas. “However planned layoffs, funding cuts, the cancellation of critical research projects, and the EPA’s recent announcement that it will rescind limits keeping toxic PFAS chemicals out of our water will directly harm Granite Staters. I will continue pushing EPA to fulfill its obligations to New Hampshire communities, and I will never stop fighting to safeguard our environment for future generations and ensure that every family has access to clean, safe drinking water.” 

“Brownfields Grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency are critical to ensuring the health and well-being of communities, economies, and environments across New Hampshire,” said Congresswoman Goodlander. “At a time when the Trump Administration has put much-needed federal funding on the chopping block, I’m encouraged to see these grants heading to projects in Nashua, Concord, and Milford, where they will do what federal funding is meant to: reinvest your taxpayer dollars here at home. I will never stop fighting to deliver every penny of federal funding promised to New Hampshire.” 

Disbursed through the EPA, the City of Concord will receive $678,000 to clean up the former Concord Stables site, which has been vacant for decades and is contaminated with petroleum products and inorganic contaminants. Nashua Regional Planning Commission will receive $1,500,000 to conduct environmental assessments and advance cleanup plans, including in the downtown neighborhoods of Nashua and Milford.  

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