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Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Reuse – Measure Outcome Highlights
Since 2006, Superfund Redevelopment has been measuring and reporting on a range of accomplishments and outcomes realized through cleaning up and making contaminated sites ready for future use. Once all aspects of a cleanup are in place for a site and land use restrictions are in place, EPA can determine that the site meets the Agency's designation called Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use.
The Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Use (SW RAU) Measure tracks the number of NPL sites (including Federal Facility sites on the NPL) where the remedy is constructed (i.e., the site is "construction complete") and all institutional controls are in place to ensure that the land is protective for reasonably anticipated uses over the long term.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 served as the baseline year for the SW RAU measure. This baseline was created to assess the total number of NPL sites in 2006 that would meet the new SW RAU criteria. This baseline was also developed to establish a benchmark against which future program outcomes in meeting the measure could be compared.
Beginning in FY 2007, EPA established a goal of making 30 NPL sites ready for anticipated use each year. The following data and graphics highlight progress made to date by EPA in meeting the Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Reuse (SW RAU) measure for sites on the NPL.
Measure Outcome Summary
Fiscal Year |
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Annual Target |
195 |
30 |
30 |
65 |
Number of Sites Meeting Measure |
194 |
64 |
85 |
- |
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SWRAU qualifying sites by Region and Year
The following data highlight the cumulative number of SW RAU sites identified since 2006.
| Region | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Retracted* | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2006 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 194 | 0 | 194 |
| 2007 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 64 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 88 | 3 | 85 | |
| TOTAL | 21 | 38 | 62 | 36 | 48 | 46 | 34 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 346 | 3 | 343 | |
View Sitewide RAU Sites in each Region (PDF) (13 pp, 650K, About PDF)
* Three sites were retracted in FY 2008 - one in Region 2, one in Region 3, and one in Region 4. The determination that a site is Sitewide RAU is based on the information available at the time that determination is made. However, the determination may be retracted if site conditions change, or if new or additional information is discovered regarding conditions at the site.
Click on the charts below to see a full-size version of SWRAU by Region.
As the table and graphics suggest, there has been some variability between the Regions in terms of the number of sites meeting Sitewide RAU criteria each year. EPA will continue to evaluate Sitewide RAU data to assess whether there are any trends associated with the number of sites being reported by the Regions in meeting the measure.
Annual Accomplishments
Sitewide RAU Sites by Region (PDF) (13 pp, 600K, About PDF)(Through FY 2008)FY2008 Sitewide RAU Data (PDF) (6 pp, 159K, About PDF)
FY2007 Sitewide RAU Data (PDF) (4 pp, 169K, About PDF)
FY2006 Sitewide RAU Data (PDF) (7 pp, 189K, About PDF)