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Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

The purpose of this program is to clean up contamination resulting from the Nation's early atomic weapons program -- the Manhattan Project, for example -- at 24 sites in nine States. The Army Corps of Engineers determines what needs to be cleaned up and how, in consultation with the affected communities and regulators.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Moderately Effective

In general, a program rated Moderately Effective has set ambitious goals and is well-managed. Moderately Effective programs likely need to improve their efficiency or address other problems in the programs' design or management in order to achieve better results.
  • The program has a clear purpose. The Corps has done a good job in working with stakeholders to accomplish the goals of the program.
  • The Corps has significantly reduced cleanup costs. It has done this by increasing competition among contractors and by selecting disposal methods based on the risk posed by the actual materials being disposed of rather than higher theoretical risks that more concentrated materials might pose.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Identifying ways to increase the program's efficiency while protecting the health and safety of the public and the environment, increasing competition where warranted.
  • The Corps is using available funding to efficiently complete remediation activities at sites already undergoing remediation.

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