Spring Valley FUDS Cleanup Extends to AU South Campus

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing its investigation of munitions-related contamination in the Spring Valley area, including the site of American University’s recently demolished Public Safety Building.  The small 1960s building was located on the south end of campus near Rockwood Parkway NW, where the Army conducted chemical weapons testing during the World War I era.  The Army Corps has been cleaning up areas of the campus and dozens of nearby homes for 25 years.  Brenda Barber, an Army Corps project manager, provided a community update on the cleanup progress at the July 11 meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board.  The Army will look for buried munitions and contaminated soil at the Public Safety Building site and will remove any hazards it finds.  The site will then be turned back over to the university, probably in early 2018.
Northwest Current
July 26, 2017 

Public Safety Bldg. before & after (USACE)