' NEW HAMPSHIRE DRINKING WATER
& GROUNDWATER TRUST FUND
Commission Members
Senator Chuck Morse,
Chair
Senator Tom Sherman,
Vice Chair
Bruce Cohen, NH State
Representative
Linda Gould, NH State
Representative
Andrea Kenter, P.G.,
Public Member
Bernle Rousseau, Public
Member
Bruce Breton, Town
Selectman
Cynthia Harrington, NH
Economic Development
Jason Gagnon, NH Water
Pollution Control
Association
Josh Elllott, Governor's
Designee
Debra Paul, Town with a
Public Drinking Water
System
Marco Phillppon, NH
Water Works Association
Michelle Roberge,
Division of Public Health
Rachel Miller, NH State
Treasury
Representative Bill Boyd,
Public Member
Rick Russman, State or
Regional Land Trust
Member
Robert R. Scott, NH
Department of
Environmental Services
Rodney Barttett, Public
Member
Vacant, NH Fish and Game
Department
Clerk - Vacant
Attachment A.
January 18, 2022
Donald Ware (Donald.Ware@pennichuck.com)
Pennichuck East Utility, Inc.
25 Walnut Street
Nashua, NH 03061
Subject: W&E—Town of Salem interconnection Project
Dear Mr. Ware,
On January 10, 2022, the NH Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission
(Commission) to the Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund (OWGTF) completed their
review of the submitted special project application. The Commission authorized to award
grant & loan funds to Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. for the following project:
Funding Award Amount
Up to $211,500 in grant funds
Up to $493,500 in loan funds
Project Description
W&E - Town of Salem
Interconnection Project
The next step to move forward with project funding is for you to obtain the authority to accept
- the funds and submit a Drinking Water Infrastructure Project: Final Application The required
documents are listed on the Final Application Checklist. The loan interest rate is 1.57% until
the first Thursday of August 2022. Final applications are due by June 1, 2022.
Once the final application has been submitted, the Utility will enter into a grant agreement and
loan agreement, both must be approved by the Governor and Executive Council. Additionally,
non-construction project related work that has been completed may be eligible for
reimbursement once the funding agreements are in place and approved by the Governor and
Executive Council. Construction may not start without Governor and Executive Council
approval and completion of the required Environmental Review.
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We ask that you keep us informed of progress made toward seeking the authority to borrow.
Should your project not move forward, please contact us as scon as possible. If you have any
questions, please contact me at 603-271-8321 or at Erin. Holmes@des.nh.gov.
Sincerely,
Erin Holmes, P.E.
DWG Trust Fund Administrator | Mt8E Remediation Bureau
Ce: John Boisvert, PEU Yohn.Boisvert@pennichuck.com)
Michael Unger, S.E., Project Manager NHDES DWGB
httos://www4.des.state.nh.us/nh-dwe-trust/,
P.O. Box 95 | 29 Hazen Orive | Concord, NH 03302-0095
Telephone: (603) 271-8321 Fax: (603) 271-7053 TDD Access: Relay NH {800} 735-2964
