Annual FUSRAP Report Available Online

Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Update - Fiscal Year 2020

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Published Feb. 10, 2021
The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Update for Fiscal Year 2020 is now available online. This annual report provides information about progress the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making in cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the Nation’s early atomic energy program.

(Cover photo: Excavation at the Luckey Site begins at dawn. Photo credit: David Stinnett, North Wind Portage, Inc.)

The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Update for Fiscal Year 2020 is now available online. This annual report provides information about progress the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making in cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the Nation’s early atomic energy program. (Cover photo: Excavation at the Luckey Site begins at dawn. Photo credit: David Stinnett, North Wind Portage, Inc.)

The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Update for Fiscal Year 2020 is now available online.

View the report here: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll11/id/4962.

This annual report provides information about progress the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is making in cleaning up sites with contamination resulting from the Nation’s early atomic energy program. The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (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 (LM) under a USACE/DOE Memorandum of Understanding, and one site added to the program by Congress.

Program Accomplishments

USACE completed a successful and challenging Fiscal Year 2020. The 2020 FUSRAP budget of $200 million was the highest budget amount received in the history of the program. It was used for the efficient continuation of ongoing remedial activities at 12 sites, conducting ongoing investigations at six sites, conducting site closeout activities at one site and providing government oversight at one site. Additionally, the program quickly and successfully implemented COVID-19 safety protocols for all field work and office activities starting in March 2020. USACE personnel and contractors are taking appropriate actions to safeguard their health and welfare as prescribed by the nation’s health experts. Site safety and progress of field execution activities were not significantly impacted by the addition of these necessary health and safety requirements.

Additional information, including program accomplishments and site-specific updates, available in the latest report.