$2 million HUD grant to help Nashua Millyard cleanup.The federal government is contributing $2 million to help clean up a contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. chunk of Nashua's Millyard complex, a site that has long been eyed for redevelopment. A grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will finance work at the city-owned Boiler House, which was once the engine for the former site of a textile mill that now houses a slate of small businesses and an art gallery. The Boiler House itself lies in the path of one of the proposed routes of the Broad Street Parkway. The potential environmental impact of contamination in parts of the Millyard is one of the issues in the parkway proposal. "The timing allows the city to consider this impact as we review the latest plans for the Broad Street Parkway project," said Kathy Hersh, the city's economic development director. Mayor Donnalee Lozeau announced May 2 that the city had received the grant through HUD's Brownfields Economic Development Initiative. Brownfields are federally designated contaminated sites. Nashua's Brownfields Program, led by coordinator Deb Chisholm, provides the city with the technical expertise on environmental issues related to Brownfield See greenfield. sites, Hersh said. Lozeau said U.S. Sens. Judd Oregg and John Sununu John Sununu is the name of two U.S. politicians:
asbestos, common name for any of a variety of silicate minerals within the amphibole and serpentine groups that are fibrous in structure and more or less resistant to acid and fire. and underground storage tanks An Underground Storage Tank (UST), in United States environmental law, is a tank and any underground piping connected to the tank that has at least 10 percent of its combined volume underground. . Three-quarters of the money will be used for removing the asbestos, Chisholm said. The asbestos is contained within the building and doesn't pose a danger outside of the structure, she said. However, the ceiling is 30 to 40 feet high, and it will be difficult to access areas where asbestos is wrapped around pipes, she said, "The asbestos has to be cleaned up whether the building is rehabbed or gets demolished de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. ," Chisholm said. The contaminated soil is typical of what's found in urban fill areas and isn't a huge problem, she said. "It was somewhat surprising that the groundwater was as clean as it was," Chisholm said. The city received a $200,000 grant last year from the federal Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and for the cleanup. The HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. grant should
handle the entire cost of the work, she said.
Now, the city must work closely with HUD to develop a specific plan on how the work will proceed and how the money will be spent, Chisholm said.--THE TELEGRAPH |
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