Superfund / NPL site · EPA Superfund SEMS through latest publishNPL Final

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This site is currently on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List and remains under federal cleanup oversight. Most-cited contaminant of concern: 1,1,2-Trichloroethane.

Gilson Rd, Nashua, New Hampshire · ZIP 03062 · EPA ID NHD099363541

CLEANUP TIMELINE

Listing-date and cleanup-phase enrichment from EPA's per-site SEMS profile is queued for a follow-up ingest pass. Until then, this section will populate from EPA's published timeline data.

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Notable Signals

No notable signals at this Superfund site for the current ingest. Cleanup-phase and SEMS-action flags are deferred to a follow-up engineering pass.

Contaminants of concern · per EPA SEMS

What's In This Site

Each row pairs a contaminant with the medium it was found in (the exposure pathway). Hover any named contaminant for an agency-cited health-risk summary. Cited count = number of SEMS decision records (RODs and related) that name the pair.

ContaminantPathwayCited
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneGroundwater2
1,1-DichloroethaneHealth riskSuspected carcinogen (EPA C/likely); CNS depressant. Common at solvent-contaminated sites as a degradation intermediate. (EPA, ATSDR)Groundwater2
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneHealth riskMethyl chloroform. CNS depressant; ozone-depleting substance phased out under Montreal Protocol. EPA MCL 200 µg/L. (EPA, ATSDR)Groundwater1
1,2-DichloroethaneHealth riskIARC Group 2B possible carcinogen; liver and kidney toxic. EPA MCL 5 µg/L. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
2-Butanone (Methyl Ethyl Ketone)Groundwater1
2-PropanolGroundwater1
4-Methyl-2-Pentanone (Methyl Isobutyl Ketone)Groundwater1
AcetoneHealth riskLow chronic toxicity; high acute exposure causes CNS depression and respiratory irritation. (EPA, NIOSH)Groundwater1
ArsenicHealth riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen via inhalation and ingestion. EPA MCL 10 µg/L; chronic exposure causes skin, lung, bladder cancer and cardiovascular disease. (IARC, EPA, ATSDR)Groundwater1
BenzeneHealth riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen. Long-term inhalation causes leukemia and bone-marrow disorders. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
ChlorobenzeneGroundwater1
ChloroethaneGroundwater1
Chloroethene (Vinyl Chloride)Health riskIARC Group 1 carcinogen — angiosarcoma of the liver. Final TCE/PCE biodegradation product; commonly found in groundwater plumes. EPA MCL 2 µg/L. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
ChloroformGroundwater1
Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)Health riskIARC Group 2A probable carcinogen; central-nervous-system depressant; banned for most consumer paint-stripper uses. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
Dimethyl SulfideGroundwater1
EthylbenzeneHealth riskIARC Group 2B possible carcinogen; eye and respiratory irritant. (IARC)Groundwater1
InorganicsGroundwater1
InorganicsSoil1
MetalsGroundwater1
MetalsSoil1
Methyl 2-Methylprop-2-EnoateGroundwater1
Methyl AcetateGroundwater1
TetrachloroetheneHealth riskPCE / 'perc'. IARC Group 2A probable carcinogen; central-nervous-system effects; common dry-cleaning solvent and DNAPL plume contaminant. EPA MCL 5 µg/L. (IARC, EPA)Groundwater1
TetrahydrofuranGroundwater1
TolueneHealth riskCentral-nervous-system depressant. Chronic high exposure causes hearing loss and developmental effects. (EPA, ATSDR)Groundwater1
TrichloroetheneHealth riskTCE. IARC Group 1 carcinogen — kidney cancer; suspected liver cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. EPA MCL 5 µg/L; common DNAPL groundwater plume contaminant. (IARC, EPA, ATSDR)Groundwater1
VocGroundwater1
VocSoil1
Xylene (Mixed Isomers)Health riskEye, skin, and respiratory irritant; central-nervous-system effects from chronic exposure. (EPA)Groundwater1
Drinking-water linkage · SDWIS

Groundwater Systems Serving Communities Within 3 Miles

The 48 systems below draw on groundwater (or mixed sources) and serve communities whose centroid sits within 3 miles of this site. Distance is to the served-city centroid — SDWIS does not expose individual wellhead locations, so this is a proximity screen, not a wellhead-impact assessment.

Water systemServesDistancePopulation servedSourceStatus
Meadowbrook Acres Mobile Home Park PrivateNashua2.6 mi137GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Briarwood Townhomes PrivateNashua2.6 mi40GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Villages At Stow PrivateNashua2.6 mi300GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Souhegan Woods PrivateNashua2.6 mi293GROUNDWATERIn compliance
English Woods PrivateNashua2.6 mi48GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Belmont Water Dept MunicipalNashua2.6 mi1,612GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Mountainside At Crotched Mtn PrivateNashua2.6 mi180GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Penacook Boscawen Water Pct MunicipalNashua2.6 mi3,800GROUNDWATERIn compliance
White Rock Senior Living PrivateNashua2.6 mi110GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Stone Sled Farm PrivateNashua2.6 mi105GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Hillcrest Manor Apts PrivateNashua2.6 mi65GROUNDWATER1 HEALTH-BASED · 5YR
Shaker Heights PrivateNashua2.6 mi83GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Glen Ridge Dev PrivateNashua2.6 mi253GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Farmstead Acres PrivateNashua2.6 mi90GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Maple Haven PrivateNashua2.6 mi250GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Woodlands PrivateNashua2.6 mi198GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Forest Ridge PrivateNashua2.6 mi130GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Hollis Village Marketplace PrivateNashua2.6 mi36GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Hudson Mobile Home Ests PrivateNashua2.6 mi220GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Thurston Woods PrivateNashua2.6 mi85GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Pinehaven Water Trust PrivateNashua2.6 mi88GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Harvest Village PrivateNashua2.6 mi175GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Ministerial/Parrish Hills PrivateNashua2.6 mi298GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Sunrise Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi225GROUNDWATER3 HEALTH-BASED · 5YR
Badger Hill PrivateNashua2.6 mi438GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Farley Rd Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi75GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Great Bay Water System PrivateNashua2.6 mi218GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Williamsburg PrivateNashua2.6 mi928GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Gage Hill PrivateNashua2.6 mi70GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Sky View Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi158GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Valley Field Apts Northland PrivateNashua2.6 mi188GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Cross Ridge Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi73GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Liberty Tree Acres PrivateNashua2.6 mi183GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Clearwater Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi163GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Autumn Woods PrivateNashua2.6 mi180GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Beaver Hollow PrivateNashua2.6 mi30GROUNDWATERIn compliance
The Dox Condos PrivateNashua2.6 mi55GROUNDWATERUNRESOLVED
Northern Shores PrivateNashua2.6 mi88GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Winnisquam Village Condos PrivateNashua2.6 mi125GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Daniels Lake PrivateNashua2.6 mi68GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Golden Brook PrivateNashua2.6 mi323GROUNDWATERIn compliance
W And E PrivateNashua2.6 mi525GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Hardwood Hts Birch Hill PrivateNashua2.6 mi100GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Castle Reach PrivateNashua2.6 mi115GROUNDWATER3 HEALTH-BASED · 5YR
Fletcher Corner Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi133GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Lamplighter Village PrivateNashua2.6 mi162GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Spruce Pond Ests PrivateNashua2.6 mi118GROUNDWATERIn compliance
Wood Meadow Estates PrivateNashua2.6 mi98GROUNDWATERIn compliance

Methodology: served-city centroid (TIGER 2020) is used as the PWS coordinate. Source-water classification from SDWIS primary_source_code; only groundwater and mixed-source systems are queried. Click any system above for its full SDWIS profile.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Near This Site

Within 1 mile of this site (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 4,720. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
19.1%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
22.3%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
5.5%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
20.9%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 1-mile buffer around this site (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). NPL site proximity contributes to the national EJ pattern; indicator-level percentile and disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page.

Source. EPA Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS) · retrieved 2026-05-07. SEMS is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.

What this is not. We report EPA's published Superfund record — site listing, status, and contaminants of concern as named in EPA's decision documents. We do not perform site visits, independent air or water sampling, or current-state health-risk assessment. NPL listing reflects EPA's Hazard Ranking Score at a point in time; it does not by itself describe present-day exposure.