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Formerly utilized sites remedial action program “completed” sites: Lessons for long‐term stewardship
Author(s) -
Abbotts John,
Takaro Tim K.,
Weems Charles
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.20146
Subject(s) - remedial action , stewardship (theology) , memorandum , commission , remedial education , memorandum of understanding , environmental planning , term (time) , engineering , environmental remediation , political science , business , environmental resource management , environmental science , law , politics , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , contamination , biology
The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) covers inactive commercial, federal, and university facilities that once supported activities of the Manhattan Project or Atomic Energy Commission. Current responsibilities, established by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), are split between the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The MOU distinguishes between facilities remediated before 1997 (“completed” sites) and those where remediation remained to be completed at that time. This article evaluates activities conducted at completed sites with regard to considerations for long‐term stewardship, which is defined by the US DOE as all activities necessary to protect human health and the environment after remediation is considered complete. Experience with these FUSRAP sites provides “lessons learned” for the requirements of satisfactory long‐term stewardship. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.