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Appendix D: Public Concerns About Open Burning/Open Detonation and Alternative Demilitarization Options
Appendix D: Public Concerns About Open Burning/Open Detonation and Alternative Demilitarization Options
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are informed by the representatives' experiences as Concerns expressed by the representatives are not limited neighbors of facilities that use OB and OD; by their experi- to a particular treatment method; rather, they extend to the ences with waste incineration facilities; and by their experi- full demilitarization system and its management, which ences with the technology selection and decision-making includes handling, storage, processing of material, treatment processes used by other agencies, such as the U.S. chemical and disposal of secondary wastes, and intersite transportation weapons demilitarization program.
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emissions were very evident. As discussed in the Although controversy and opposition appears to be concen following section, the ability to monitor and charac trated at Army sites such as production sites that are not the terize a technology's emissions is also closely linked focus of this study, their experiences with OB/OD in mul with public confidence in the management process tiple contexts beyond the seven demilitarization sites color and in assuring the public that public health risks to their views of Army management of conventional munitions the surrounding community are fully identified and demilitarization.
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. While Camp Minden is not mittee indicate that the loss of trust and confidence expressed one of the seven stockpile depots being studied, it is sigby public interest group members is compounded by their nificant because of the active role played by the community past experiences related to other military programs -- in in providing input into the state of Louisiana's selection of particular, with the early phases of the chemical weapons an alternative technology for the treatment of 15 million lb demilitarization program, prior to the Assembled Chemical of bulk propellant improperly stored at a contractor's site, Weapons Assessment dialogue process.
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was built on every step of this process was going to be transparent -- whatever technology was implemented, we building support for proposals for alternative technologies wanted it to be fully transparent, we wanted to know how at specific facilities and communities, while failure to ade would the pollution abatement system work, how would they quately address them could undermine support for promising test for various emissions, how would we know that every- methods of treatment. This, in turn, could affect the ability thing was operating the way it was designed to operate.7 of the Army to achieve its stated goal of increasing the use of alternative technologies.
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