[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, RADIATION: Guterl Specialty Steel Corporation Site, Lockport, New York

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BUFFALO DISTRICT
September 16, 2024

Record of Decision Published for FUSRAP Guterl Site in Lockport


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has published the Record of Decision for the Former Guterl Specialty Steel Corporation Site. 

The 70-acre site, located in Lockport, New York, is being addressed under the authority of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program. The record of decision marks the completion of the final step in the federal decision-making process for addressing legacy contamination at the site and describes the final selected remedy to address contaminated buildings, soil and groundwater at the Guterl Site.

The selected remedy includes dismantlement and off-site disposal of buildings that were involved in Atomic Energy Commission activities during the 1940s and 1950s; complete soil removal to the soil remediation goal for groundwater protection and off-site disposal; and uranium groundwater plume recovery using extraction wells and an on-site rubblized trench with ex situ treatment (extracting the water out of the ground and running it through a treatment system), with environmental monitoring of groundwater plume reduction. FUSRAP-related material that is removed will be transported off-site for disposal at an appropriately permitted disposal facility. 

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For the entire release, see
https://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/Media/Media-Releases/Article/3904071/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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