The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024 is now available online.
View the report here: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll11/id/7339
This annual report provides information about progress the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is making in cleaning up and completing projects being executed under FUSRAP. Under this program, USACE cleans up contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the nation’s early atomic energy program.
Public health and safety are USACE’s top priorities. USACE remains committed to cleaning up and completing projects on FUSRAP sites to protect the health and well-being of communities and the environment. At the active FUSRAP sites located across eight states, remedial action is planned, underway or pending final closeout. These sites do not pose an immediate threat to human health or the environment.
Background
FUSRAP was initiated in 1974 to identify, investigate and, if necessary, clean up or control sites throughout the United States contaminated as a result of Manhattan Engineer District (MED) or early Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) activities. Both the MED and the AEC were predecessors of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Congress transferred administration and execution of FUSRAP cleanups from the DOE to USACE in October 1997. USACE continues to address sites the DOE began, sites that were referred to USACE by the DOE Office of Legacy Management under a USACE/DOE Memorandum of Understanding, and one site added to the program by statute.
Program Accomplishments
For FY 2024, FUSRAP received $300 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 to advance projects within the program. This included funding for ongoing remedial activities at 16 sites, ongoing investigations at three sites, closeout activities at one site, and government oversight at one site. Program accomplishments in FY24 included:
- Completing cleanup and transferring the Tonawanda Landfill Site in New York to DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) for long-term stewardship. With the successful transfer of this site, the total number of sites transferred to DOE LM for long-term stewardship has increased to 11. Additionally, heading into FY25, the total number of active FUSRAP sites decreased from 21 to 20.
- Completing remedial investigations at the Superior Steel Site in Pennsylvania, and the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company Site in Ohio.
- Returning 53 properties for beneficial use and disposing over 86,000 cubic yards of contaminated material. USACE requires its contractors to safely dispose of waste in properly permitted facilities. The identification of properly permitted facilities is the result of thorough and rigorous technical evaluations and engagements between USACE, its contractors, and municipal, county and state officials.
Additional information, including program accomplishments and site-specific updates, available in the latest report.