FUSRAP DECISION MAKING AND LESSONS LEARNED

The early days of the atomic weapons production program in the United States resulted in radiological contamination at numerous processing and disposal facilities. The federal government is addressing these legacy sites, and others included by Congress because of similar contamination conditions, under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) took responsibility for FUSRAP in 1997 and has focused its efforts on meeting remedial requirements for these sites. Shaw Environmental, Inc. (Shaw) is USACE's environmental remediation contractor at the following FUSRAP sites. USACE District responsibilities are also shown: