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Property Details for Sullivan Machinery Company Power Plant


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Joy Manufacturing
Government
241020
Maynard Street CLAREMONT, NH 03743
1.5
Map 107 Lot 31
43.3770579 / -72.3415809
2
Paar, Dorothy
Paar.Dorrie@epa.gov
617-918-1432


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
New Hampshire D.E.S.4B00A00931NHAssessment2022
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionBF00A00285NHAssessment2019
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionBF00A00023NHAssessment2016


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Cleanup Planning$5,500.0008/29/201909/30/2019Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionYFY20
Phase I Environmental Assessment$7,881.6911/15/201907/08/2020Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionN
Phase I Environmental Assessment$4,500.0008/29/201901/09/2020Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$47,687.4310/01/201901/27/2022Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionN
Phase II Environmental Assessment$6,434.9310/01/201901/27/2022Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionN


Is Cleanup Necessary? Yes
EPA Assessment Funding: $72,004.05
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $72,004.05


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

Selected Strategy(ies)Explanatory Text
Climate-focused Phase I and Phase II ESAsClimate-focused Phase 1 ESAs may consider current and on-going climate change impacts and consider future impacts to the site or area. For example, an investigation of the site history can include an investigation of site vulnerabilities based on historical and recent climate patterns and events (e.g., floods and drought). Climate-focused Phase 2 ESAs may include use of renewable energy, incorporating remote sensing capabilities, maximize reuse of existing wells (as appropriate) and/or design wells for future reuse, use of field test kits when possible, use of local laboratories when possible, and use of appropriate sized equipment for the project."
Evaluate Reuse options that are climate consciousDiscussion of observed and forecasted climate change conditions and the associated site-specific risk are part of any reuse considerations. Both current and forecasted climate changes may impact the effectiveness of a remedial alternative."
Identify potential risk factors and infrastructure or utility vulnerabilitiesIdentify potential risk factors and vulnerabilities resulting directly from the impacts of climate change." Possible risk factors and vulnerabilities may include proximity to the ocean, infrastructure vulnerabilities, property affected by a revised FEMA flood plain map, vulnerability related to changes in frequency and intensity of precipitation events, vulnerability of soil type due to moisture and hydraulic changes, and ground and surface drinking water vulnerabilities."


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Contaminants and Media


Other Metals
PAHS
NOT Cleaned up
NOT Cleaned up
Soil
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

Start DateEPA FundingCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Cleanup Documentation
11/09/2022Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning CommissionNo


Cleanup/Treatment Implemented: U
Cleanup/Treatement Categories:
Addl Cleanup/Treatment info:
Address of Data Source:
Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1.5
Number of Cleanup Jobs Leveraged: 1
EPA Cleanup Funding:
Leveraged Funding: $11,200.00
Cost Share Funding:
Total Funding: $11,200.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup.


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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


Number of Redevelopment Jobs Leveraged:
Actual Acreage of Greenspace Created:
Leveraged Funding:


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation – Redevelopment


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Additional Property Attributes

The Site is comprised of an approximately 1.5-acre portion of a larger 6.9-acre parcel, Map 107, Lot 31, along the northern bank of the Sugar River in downtown Claremont, New Hampshire. The majority of the parcel is used as a public park. The cellar and first-floor slab of a former power plant including engine and compressor area and boiler area, an approximately 80-foot smokestack, and a pump/switch house occupy the western corner of the Site. An old foundation or retaining wall was observed north of the former power plant building footprint. Due to the overgrown nature of the western portion of the Site, full observation of the Site was limited and is considered a significant data gap. The central and eastern portion of the Site is undeveloped and used as a park. The Site is bound by Spring and Maynard Streets to the north and east, respectively, and by the Sugar River to the south. Access into the Site is made by Maynard Street and foot paths to the Site buildings. The Site was developed with a tannery as early as 1877 and as the Maynard Shoe Company as early as 1894 at the end of the current Maynard Street. Sullivan Machinery Company acquired a large tract of land-of which the Site is part of-on the north side of the Sugar River around 1903 and began building the Sullivan Machine Company buildings. Construction of a large machine works complex began in 1907 and was completed by 1909 in the eastern portion of the Site. The complex was used to produce wooden patterns for molds and the manufacture of iron, brass and steel castings and machine parts for production equipment. In 1918, a power plant was built on the western portion of the complex and the former Maynard Shoe Company building was used for storage. Coal storage was located just north of the power plant. Coal was dumped by trollies and carried by an electric crane along a track to the engine room of the power plant. By 1948, Sullivan Machinery Company and other machine companies merged to become Joy Manufacturing Company, which primarily manufactured mining equipment, and the former shoe company building was removed. Joy Manufacturing operated through 1978. The City of Claremont obtained the property in 1991 and began redevelopment as a park. Asbestos abatement of the power plant building occurred in 1993-1994. An interview with the abatement contractor, Johnson Oil Company, indicated mercury from damaged (vandalized) gauges was observed on the concrete slabs of the power plant. Mercury was likely tracked to exterior portions of the Site due to a long history of trespassing; further, significant demolition and removal of the power plant building has occurred since the asbestos abatement, leaving possible that mercury was distributed to other parts of the Site where demolition debris was stockpiled. The mill buildings were demolished in the mid-1990s, and the Site and vicinity have been used as a public park since that time.
Industry (1.5)
ID Number (if Applicable): 199206033 Enrolled:


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