Territoriality defense costs

In the 1993 Defense Appropriations Act (P.L. 102-484, Section 176), Congress directed the Army to (1) report the locations, types, and quantities of nonstockpile chemical materiel (2) specify the methods to be used for its destruction (3) provide cost and time estimates and (4) assess transportation options, hi a Survey and Analysis Report, the Army provided an overview of its task (U.S. Army, 1996). According to this report, nonstockpile CWM is located at more than 200 sites in the United States and U.S. territories. CWM at most sites includes small quantities of chemical agent but does not appear to pose immediate hazards to the public or the environment. However, chemical weapons agreements and continuing discoveries of contaminated sites have increased the impetus for locating and disposing of all nonstockpile CWM. 

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