[CPEO-MEF] GAO FUDS Appendix

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The recent General Accounting Office Report on Formerly Used Defenses
Sites FUDS) "ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION: Cleanup Actions at Formerly
Used Defense Sites" (GAO-01-1012SP, August 2001), comes with a data base
of FUDS that can be downloaded in its entirely or accessed by state or
territory simply by clicking on a particular state or territory.

Here's the GAO description:

Appendix II: Cleanup Projects on FUDS Properties 

This appendix contains summary data on the 2,213 eligible properties
with FUDS cleanup projects. In total, there were 3,736 cleanup projects
at these properties. All data are reported as of the end of fiscal year
2000 and were compiled by GAO from Corps data. Further information about
the nature of our review and the limitations of these data are presented
in the "Scope and Methodology" section. 

Of the 3,736 cleanup projects, 284 projects had not yet been scheduled
for action as of the end of fiscal year 2000, usually because the
appropriate cleanup method had not been decided upon or designed. For
the remaining cleanup projects, 1,844 were under way or planned, and
1,608 were completed. The Corps classifies as completed another 774
projects that were initially thought to be eligible but were later
determined to be ineligible. The Corps made an administrative decision
to classify these projects as completed as a way of closing them out.
Because these projects were, in fact, ineligible they are not included
in this appendix. 

To view tables of data for the cleanup projects on FUDS properties in a
particular geographic area—including location (county and congressional
district), type(s) of hazard and associated risk, scheduling
information, cleanup remedy, and cleanup costs—click on the relevant
area of the map that follows. Alternatively, you may download zipped
comma delimited files or download a zipped excel spreadsheet. 

See http://www.gao.gov/GAO-01-1012SP/app2.htm

LS
-- 


Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~