Scranton Army Ammunition Plant

[1] Capabilities of the plant to manufacture ammunition metal parts, and artillery and mortar rounds include forging, machining, heat-treating, welding, phosphating and painting, finishing, and destructive and non-destructive testing.

The installation that SCAAP sits on was originally made in 1908 as a steam locomotive erecting and repair facility.

[4] Selected buildings at the plant are included in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Yard-Dickson Manufacturing Co. Site and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Ukraine is currently receiving approximately 90,000 artillery shells per month from various sources, including the United States.

The award recognises efforts in environmental science and sustainability, as the highest honor in this field conferred by the United States Army, by pledging to reduced energy consumption by 25% over the next ten years, with SCAAP having already decreased electricity and gas consumption by 18.4% than compared to FY2010, as well as capturing, and reusing over 3,100,000 U.S. gal (12,000,000 L; 12,000 m3) equating to a reduction in water consumption of 37%, through the period FY2011-2012; reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution; and, material substitution and replacement to reduce zinc phosphate in its production.