The Former Schenectady Army Depot - Voorheesville Area (former Depot) was a United States Department of the Army maintenance, distribution, and supply depot from 1941 through 1969. Activities at the Depot involved the receipt, storage, and transmission of goods for the U.S. military during peacetime, as well as during World War II and the Korean War. The former Depot is located in the Town of Guilderland, outside of Albany, New York. Between 1963 and 1969, most of the Depot was sold to private owners with the exception of a small area currently leased to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The DLA uses this area for storage of strategic materials such as ferrochrome, zinc, lead, and aluminum oxide. For more information about the history of the former Depot, Click Here for Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the Investigation Report - Archival Search.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is conducting work at the site, under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites (DERP-FUDS). DERP-FUDS is a federal program to investigate and clean up any environmental conditions resulting from the Department of Defense's (DoD's) past activities at installations that have since been transferred to private ownership.

The Corps has conducted several studies at the former Depot, and in concert with the DLA, has prepared a Remedial Investigation Field Sampling Plan and a General Safety and Health Plan to establish and define what further environmental measures are necessary at the site. These documents are available for review at the project's repositories or click on the following to view online the Remedial Investigation Field Sampling Plan.

A Restoration Advisory Board has been formed to facilitate communication and make recommendations to the Corps about activities at the site. The RAB is composed of interested community members, representatives from local and state agencies, and the Corps. The RAB meets every two to three months to offer and receive input from the community and the Corps about ongoing activities at the site.

Items for discussion include:

Final Remedial Investigation Report – Summary

Monitoring Results Summary – Area of Concern (AOC) #2, Former Bivouac Area/Post Commander's Landfill

Status of Feasibility Studies for AOC #1, Southern Landfill; AOC #7, Triangular Disposal Area; and AOC #8, Black Creek

If you have any questions or are interested in joining the RAB as a volunteer, please contact:

Mr. Gregory J. Goepfert
Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
26 Federal Plaza, Room 1811
CENAN-PP-E
New York, NY 10278
Telephone: 917-790-8235