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A Modified Baseline Incineration Process for Mustard Projectiles at Pueblo Chemical Depot (2001) / Chapter Skim
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4. Risk, Safety, and Stakeholder Issues
Pages 26-31

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... , freezing equipment and associated conveyers and holding space, and disposal of spent decontamination solution in the MPF afterburner. Until additional analyses associated with the Phase 1 quantitative risk assessment and the health risk assessment are completed, there are insufficient data by which to quantify the safety of the modified baseline process relative to the baseline system.
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From page 27...
... All these assessments will provide information for comparing the risks associated with the modified baseline process with those associated with other alternatives. The Stockpile Committee previously recommended that the primary criterion for the selection of technology should be the "minimization of cumulative adverse consequences from all relevant risks" (NRC, 1994~.
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From page 28...
... The Stockpile Committee has consistently advised the Army on the importance of providing appropriate opportunities for meaningful public involvement in decision making concerning the CSDP, most recently in A Review of the Army's Public Affairs Efforts in Support of the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (NRC, 2000~. Stakeholders that provided input for this study were the PCD, the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP)
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From page 29...
... Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Working Integrated Project Team Process The Colorado DPHE federal facilities program manager and another staff member met with committee representatives in September 2000. The office of the federal facilities program manager regulates various cleanup efforts at PCD and is the chief environmental regulator involved in the PUCDF project.
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From page 30...
... A MODIFIED BASELINE INCINERATION PROCESS FOR MUSTARD PROJECTILES AT PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT Evaluation of Pueblo Stakeholcler Relations Based on the committee's limited contacts, no firm conclusions could be drawn about stakeholder relations. It was evident from comments made at the CAC meetings, however, that the CAC members respect the PCD commander and the depot public affairs officer and were satisfied with PCD operations.
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... The Army Recommendation 4-4. The Army should make a greater should be particularly responsive to questions and requests effort to educate the public about possible disposal processes, for information from local officials and other stakeholders, as well as the relative risk of continued stockpile storage taking every opportunity to discuss the Chemical Stockpile versus disposal.
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