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Radium Remediation at Land-Grant Universities

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

15.982

Program objective

The Central Hazardous Materials Fund (CHF) is the U.S. Department of the Interior’s principal source of funds for the cleanup of highly contaminated sites located within national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other Department-managed lands. Congress has authorized the CHF to provide a one-time, competitive grant for land-grant universities to address radium contamination that was caused by actions of the former US Bureau of Mines.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

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Additional program information

  1. 2022

    No new awards to be issued; continuation of remediation and restoration activities by the awardee

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.