Select for larger view.	1	Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project
		•	Covers 229 acres, 20 miles west of St. Louis
		•	Site composed of the Chemical Plant and the Quarry
		•	Established in the 1940s as an ordnance works for the U.S. Army
		•	Processed uranium ore in the 1950s and 1960s in support of nuclear energy development
		•	Processing plant activities ceased in the late 1960s
		•	Cleanup is jointly funded by the Department of the Army
		•	Will contain a permanent disposal cell for waste removed during cleanup

2 Latty Avenue (FUSRAP) Properties - Located in northern St. Louis County, the site includes three areas: the Hazelwood Interim Storage Site, the Futura Coatings Site, and eight vicinity properties. Low-level contamination originated from residues from the nearby St. Louis Downtown Site that previously were stored at the Latty Avenue Site 3 St. Louis Airport (FUSRAP) Site and Vicinity Properties - Located 15 miles from downtown St. Louis, this site stored uranium processing residues from 1946 to 1966 4 St. Louis Downtown (FUSRAP) Site - 45 acre site, which operated from 1942 to 1957 and produced more than 50,000 tons of natural uranium products OTHER SITES 5 Kansas City Plant - 300 acre site located 12 miles south of downtown Kansas City, MO. The site has been used to manufacture nonnuclear components for nuclear weapons

The Office of Environmental Management currently is formulating its FY 1999 budget and encourages public comment. The public comment period is open through July 18, 1997. The current outyear targets for EM are $5.5 billion for FY 1999 through FY 2002, plus specified additional amounts for privatization. The Office of Management and Budget will re-examine these targets for the program for FY 1999 and beyond based on EM’s analyses of the program at $5.5 and $6.0 billion planning levels. Additionally, the recent agreement between the President and the Congressional leadership to balance the Federal budget by 2002 will directly affect the level of the EM budget for FY 1999 through FY 2002. Future budgets for EM will be required to be consistent with this agreement.

EM is proposing a strategy to accelerate site cleanup and improve productivity, with a focus on completing work at as many sites as possible by 2006. Stated goals are selected summaries of the proposals for acceleration contained in the discussion drafts of the EM site plans accompanying the EM report, Accelerating Cleanup: Focus on 2006, which is available for public comment.

All environmental restoration will be complete by FY 2006. Surveillance and monitoring will continue at some sites beyond FY 2006.

Missouri Sites are Managed by the Oak Ridge Operations Office Weldon Spring Site: Environmental restoration activities at the Weldon Spring site will be completed by FY 2005 under the $5.5 billion planning scenario, and FY 2004 under the $6.0 billion planning scenario. Cleanup efforts have focused on decontaminating and demolishing buildings and foundations, remediating an associated quarry, remediating waste pits, and constructing a disposal cell which ultimately will contain much of the waste generated from cleanup efforts. The site will be released for unrestricted use, except for approximately 72 acres, which will be occupied by the on-site disposal cell. The disposal cell will require institutional controls beyond FY 2006. Missouri FUSRAP Sites Latty Avenue Properties: Cleanup will be complete in FY 2003. Remediation will involve decontamination and dismantlement of various buildings, excavation of contaminated soils to industrial standards, and shipment of soils off-site for disposal. St. Louis Airport Site and Vicinity Properties: The St. Louis Airport Site (SLAPS) will be complete in FY 2004 and the vicinity properties will be complete in FY 2005. SLAPS will be acquired and cleaned up to site-specific industrial standards. Institutional controls will be maintained to provide long-term protection. The Ballfields and Haul Roads vicinity properties will be cleaned up to criteria for residential use, and Coldwater Creek will be cleaned up to unrestricted use criteria. St. Louis Downtown Site and Vicinity Properties: The Latty Avenue Properties will be complete in FY 2006. Activities will include acquiring a portion of the site; clean up to standards for commercial/industrial use; removal and off-site disposal of higher activity soils based on land use, depth, and accessibility; and institutional controls to provide long-term protection. For further information contact Mr. Walter Perry (423) 574-3612 Sites Managed by the Albuquerque Operations Office Kansas City Plant: All planned cleanup activity will be complete by FY 1999. Groundwater treatment and monitoring will continue beyond FY 2006. All 42 sites at the plant identified and investigated under the Consent Order Agreement between the DOE and the Environmental Protection Agency have been characterized. Of these, 35 have either been cleaned up or a proposal has been submitted to the regulators to leave the contamination in place and manage exposure risk through physical and procedural controls. Remaining activities will include removal of shallow soil contamination at five sites, continuous groundwater treatment and monitoring, and the installation of a passive groundwater treatment system. As the sites current mission is expected to continue into the foreseeable future, responsibility for groundwater treatment, monitoring, and reporting will be transitioned to the landlord beginning in FY 2000. For further information contact Ms. Tracy Loughead (505) 845-5977

Accomplishment of EM goals depends on achievement of enhanced performance objectives, future funding levels, and Departmental programmatic decisions. EM is committed to full compliance with environmental and other legal requirements. The Department of Energy will request sufficient funds to comply with environmental requirements. EM also intends to meet its commitments to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. EM could achieve compliance at the $6.0 billion planning scenario at all sites if enhanced performances are achieved, but schedule and funding modifications may be necessary at some sites. At the $5.5 billion planning level, achieving compliance would be more difficult at several sites even with enhanced performance, and many other high-priority activities would not be possible.