What is USACE’s role in FUSRAP?

Buffalo District
Published July 25, 2025
Updated: July 25, 2025

Congress transferred administration and execution of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program cleanups from the Department of Energy (DOE) to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (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 Congress.