Are the Lewiston-Porter schools contaminated?
The Corps has no evidence of radioactive contamination from MED/AEC activities at the school. The recent background radiation study (History Search Report, prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District by EA Engineering, Science and Technology, August 1998, available in the Administrative Record File) supports this conclusion. The Corps also took some background soil samples on the school property, and analyzed them for metals and organic compounds. This study was completed to support the Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) work, conducted under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Plan (FUSRAP). USACE presented the results of this background soil sampling at the June 2001 LOOW Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting (for further information, please see fact sheet, “Investigation of Lewiston-Porter School Property,” dated June 2001). The only significant findings of these background samples were that lead and arsenic are above the NY State background concentra
