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(2) The Secretary shall also establish a Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission for any State in which there is located a chemical weapons storage site other than a low-volume site, if the establishment of such a commission for such State is requested by the Governor of that State.
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In 1985, Congress passed Public Law 99-145 initiat~ng the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) to eliminate the unitary chemical stockpile, starting with an "expedited" effort to dispose of M55 rockets, a particularly hazardous munition.
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That committee reviewed a range of technologies and, in its final report in 1984, endorsed incineration as an adequate technology for the safe disposal of chemical agents and munitions (NRC, 1984~. The comm~ttee also concluded that the stockpile was well maintained and posed no imminent danger but added, "It is not possible to give assurance at this time that an increased rate of deterioration may not occur within the relatively near future." In 1987, at the request of the Undersecretary of the Army, the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (referred to as the Stockpile Committee)
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Because it is practically insoluble in water, mustard is very persistent in the environment and can contaminate soils and surfaces for a long time. Containers and Munitions The stockpile of unitary chemical agents can be found in containers (various bombs stored without explosives, aerial spray tanks, and ton containers)
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Within the continental United States, the largest quantity of chemical agent and munitions is at Tooele Army Depot, Utah, with 42.3 percent of the stockpile. All three types of agent and all types of munitions are stored there.
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Agent is removed from munitions and containers by automated machinery by one of two processes. Where possible, agent storage compartment walls in M55 rockets, land mines, bombs, spray tanks, and ton containers are simply punched and drained of agent.
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. prior to Injection Into t ae qua Incinerator; a m~xec stream of energetics, small metal components, and residual agent that is fe(i to the rotary kiln deactivation furnace system; and large metal parts (e.g., ton containers, spray tanks, artillery projectiles)
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The afterburner gases are then treated in the pollution abatement system. Some slag produced during nerve agent destruction will form on the lower-temperature walls of the secondary chamber.
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, small quantities of which are present in some fiberglass launch tubes. The afterburner gases are then treated in the pollution abatement system.
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Gases leaving the secon Acid Wash Process Water 93 dary chamber of the liquid incinerator or the metal parts furnace afterburner flow to separate dedicated pollution abatement systems for removal of gaseous pollutants and particles to meet emission standards. Hot gases leaving the deactivation furnace system kiln flow to a refractory-lined cyclone separator, where large particles (glass fibers from rocket launch tubes)
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Auxiliary Systems The dunnage furnace and its pollution abatement system consist of a feed handling system, a primacy chamber, an afterburner, a quench tower, a bag house separator, an induced draft blower, and a separate exhaust stack. This system is designed to burn both noncontaminated and contaminated dunnage from the Permissible Hazard Levels in Air (mg/m3)
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Exhaust gases from the afterburner flow into the dunnage pollution abatement system quench tower. A water quench is used to coo} the exhaust gases, and a bag house is used to remove particles.
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These code references are applied to each use in the text. TABLE C- 1 Recommendations from Evaluation of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System Operational Verification Testing: Part I (OVT1 )
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Develop systems to improve overall management of safety. Complete the risk assessment for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility during the systemization period.
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MON-3 The Army should undertake whatever instrument development is necessary to ensure that improved instrumentation is available to the chemical disposal program in suitably rugged and operational forms. MON-4 The Army should test and use new monitoring instrumentation at JACADS before such instrumentation is employed at Tooele.
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Emphasis must be placed on human reliability factors, particularly in light of the human factors issues raised by the Stockpile Committee in reviewing the first phase of Operational Verification Testing at JACADS. To avoid overstatement of the results it is important that the confidence levels of the risk parameters be fully displayed.
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REC-1 The Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program should proceed expeditiously and with technology that will minimize total risk to the public at each site. Risk Analyses FIND/REC-2 Existing risk analyses did not evaluate the latent health hazards associated with storage, handling, and disposal ac tivities.
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Public Concerns FIND/REC-6 The members of the public in communities near the chemical stockpile sites have voiced diverse views and opinions re garding the stockpile disposal program, and their desire to have greater access and input into decisions concerning that program. The committee's public forum, as well as correspondence and telephone calls to the committee, indicate that the Army is not as well informed of public sentiment as desirable.
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The committee has recommended that systemization be used to implement these improvements prior to the initiation of the destruction of agent and munitions at Tooele. REC-12 The Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program should continue on schedule with implementation of the baseline system, unless and until alternatives are developed and proven to offer safer, less costly, or more rapidly implementable technologies (without sacrifice in any of these areas)
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FIND/REC- 17 The current chemical stockpile disposal schedule may provide time for site-specific substitution or integration of proven alternative agent disposal processes at selected sites if research and development efforts are accelerated and results are favorable. REC-17 Proven alternative technologies, if available without increasing risk, should be considered for application on the basis of site-specific assessments.
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Staffing Needs FIND/REC-21 The Army faces significant challenges in executing the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program. As more sites begin development, important engineering and technical issues will be faced.
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, the state Division of Comprehensive Emergency Management, and the state Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste. The committee desired to learn about the perspectives of these organizations with regard to the Army's Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.
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Donna Shandle, Director, CSEPP Mr. Tim Thomas, Project Manager, TOCDF Tooele County Courthouse CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION Introductions Tooele Advisory Commission, a history Program Issues · CSEPP Concerns · Risk Assessment · Alternative Technologies · Allegations by Mr.
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· First Responder Operations Focus · Planning/Training Exercise · Monitoring Utah CSEPP Jurisdictional Comments · Tooele County · Utah County · Salt Lake County · Tooele Army Depot Questions and Answers UTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY VISIT TOOELE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER CITIZENS MEETING
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Army regarding its program of research, development, construction, and operations relating to the task of eliminating the nation's stockpile of lethal unitary chemical agents and munitions. As Chairman of the Stockpile Committee, I am writing to inform you of an inflation gathering meeting on community concerns regarding the Army's Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program.
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Doe: For more than seven years, the National Research Council's Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (Stockpile Committee) has been providing technical advice and counsel to the U.S.
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Rex Benmon Tooele, Utah SOT David Bennett CSEPP Coordinator Utah County Division of Emergency Management Provo, Utah MG John L Matthews, USA Retired Chairman Chemical Demilitarization Citizens Advisory Commission State Capitol Building Salt Lake City, Utah Dr.
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David Ostler Salt Lake City, Utah Commissioner Brent Overson Salt Lake County Commission Salt Lake City, Utah Mayor Grant "Bud" Pendleton Tooele, Utah Chief Jess Peterson Tooele Police Department Tooele, Utah Councilman Don Peterson Tooele City Council Tooele, Utah Mr. Elwood Powell Salt Lake City, Utah Sheriff Donald Proctor Tooele County Sheriff's Office Tooele, Utah Mr.,John Ready Salt Lake City, Utah Mr.
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Everett Ward Director Tooele County Commissioner Tooele County Clean Tooele County Emergency Tooele County Courthouse Air Coalition Management 47 South Main Street Grantsville, Utah Tooele, Utah Tooele, Utah Ms. Beverly White Tooele, Utah Mr.
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Dr. They's current research interests include bringing risk analysis to diverse technological systems, modeling uncertainties in risk analysis and risk management, technical risk communication, and human reliability analysis.
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He initiated funding for the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System and testified on behalf of the system before Congress. He retired from the Army approximately five years ago.
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He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Illinois. He recently served as a member of the NRC Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies.
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Early in her career she was an associate scientist at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research in Taiwan, where she held considerable responsibilities in the development of probabilistic risk assessments for nuclear power plants REVIEW OF TOCDF SYSTEMIZATION throughout that country. With ASCA since 1991, she has broad experience with probabilistic risk assessments; system reliability analyses; development and application of models for software safety, reliability, and quality assurance; and development and application of expert systems, automated reasoning, and advanced software techniques for automated process management of complex engineering systems.
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