Army Chemical Demilitarization

U.S. Army. 2001b. U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization Program Releases Updated Official Schedule and Cost Estimates, Press Release, October 4. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization. 

The U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity is responsible for implementing the destruction of all U.S. chemical warfare-related material, including the chemical weapons stockpile and nonstockpile chemical material, and for insuring maximum protection to the environment, general public, and personnel involved in the destruction. The activity s office of Program Manager for Nonstockpile Chemical Material is responsible for ... 

Although the Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity has overall responsibility for disposing of nonstockpile chemical material, other organizations within or outside DOD contribute to the disposal program. The involvement of the following organizations depends on the location and particulars of the material, storage area, or burial site ... 

The Army Corps of Engineers provides technical support for site investigations, recoveries, and site restorations to Army and DOD organizations and is responsible for cleaning up formerly used defense sites. Restoration activities concerning the handling and disposal of nonstockpile chemical warfare material are coordinated with and authorized by the Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity. 

United States Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity. 1994. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Alternatives for Non-Stockpile Operations Test Report Aberdeen, MD United States Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity. 

In 1996, persuaded by the public opposition in Lexington, Kentucky, and Pueblo, Colorado, Congress enacted Public Law 104-201, which instructed the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct an assessment of the chemical demilitarization program for destruction of assembled chemical munitions and of the alternative demilitarization technologies and processes (other than incineration) that could be used for the destruction of the lethal chemical agents that are associated with these munitions. The Army established a... 

U.S. Army. 1996. Unitary Chemical Stockpile Information as of December 15, 1995. Facsimile communication from the Risk Management/Qual-ity Assurance Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization. 

Beth Feinberg, Office of the Project Manger for Alternative Technologies and Approaches, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, Briefing to the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, Irvine, Calif., March 28, 2001. 

Company (WDC) (formerly Raytheon Demilitarization Company, the Army s prime contractor for JACADS) U.S. Army Pacific (US ARP AC) U.S. Army Chemical Activity-Pacific (USACAP) U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX (San Francisco) the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) the U.S. Air Eorce and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The role of the IPT is to facilitate communication between and among all interested parties to bring into existence overall policies and procedures for achieving the acceptable closure of the JACADS facility. 

Although these issues are discussed in the context of the JACADS closure process, they are applicable to any facility that is to be permanently closed, whether the property remains with the original owner or is transferred to another. These issues require timely resolution for closure to be completed safely and cost effectively. Early in its closure study, the committee prepared a letter report addressed to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Chemical Demilitarization. Delivered on May 4, 2000, the letter expressed the committee s concerns as they relate specifically to JACADS (NRC, 2000a) ... 

Because the scope of work for JACADS closure is too uncertain to permit fixed-price competition, contracts for services under a cost-reimbursable contract with an award fee will be used (Bushman, 2000). The entire process of chemical demilitarization has been a novel experience, both for the Army and its contractors. Consequently, a fixed-price contract for the first closure of a disposal facility was not practical. Fixed-price contracting for JACADS closure... 

U.S. Army. 2000e. Conceptual Site Model and Assessment Methodology for the Human Health Risk-Based RCRA Permit Closure of the JACADS Facility, Johnston Island, Johnston Atoll, North Pacific (Ocean). Prepared by United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine for the Project Manager for Chemical Stockpile Disposal, June 27. Report No. 39-EJ-8929-99. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. U.S. Army Program Managerfor Chemical Demilitarization. 

Evaluation of the Army s Draft Assessment Criteria to Aid in the Selection of Alternative Technologies for Chemical Demilitarization (December 1995)... 

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