Posted on February 11, 2026
The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025 is now available online.
View the report here: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll11/id/7664
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 fiscal 2025, FUSRAP received $300 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2025 to advance projects within the program. This included funding for ongoing remedial activities at 16 sites, ongoing investigations at three sites, and government oversight at one site. Program accomplishments in FY25 included:
- Completing remedial activities at the Staten Island Warehouse Site in New York, and at the McDonnell Bridge and McDonnell Boulevard properties as part of the St. Louis Airport Site Vicinity Properties project in Missouri.
- Concluding cost-recovery efforts that resulted in USACE receiving $155 million from liable parties that will be used to advance remediation at several FUSRAP sites across the nation.
- Completing the feasibility study for the Sylvania Corning Plant Site in New York and the record of decision for the Superior Steel Site in Pennsylvania; and releasing the proposed plan for the Niagara Falls Storage Site H-Prime Vicinity Property in New York.
- Returning 21 properties for beneficial use and disposing 101,000 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.
