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Executive Summary
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... A generic closure process for the remediation of any industrial or government facility, including chemical agent disposal facilities using incineration or other disposal technologies, would involve a planning phase and an implementation phase (see Appendix C)
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... The initial JACADS closure plan was developed late and was not comprehensive. Preproject planning and early decision making by management are necessary to support the closure of all chemical agent disposal facilities.
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... Finding 3. Closure of any chemical agent disposal facility necessitates the identification of potential exposure pathways and environmental receptors in an initial conceptual site model.
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... The Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization should assure that for future site closures, all means at his disposal, including JACADS lessons learned, are applied early and continuously to estimate costs more accurately, thus facilitating project management and executive and congressional oversight. This should include the establishment of cost control procedures and contract incentives during development of the relevant contracts.
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... Experience gained at JACADS will establish precedents for closure planning at chemical agent disposal facilities in the continental United States. Unusual and unanticipated events during JACADS closure, including those from construction- and demolition-related activities and those due to the inexperience of some workers with these activities, will likely be used by regulatory authorities in setting requirements for closures at other facilities.
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  • disposal facilities
  • closure plan
  • johnston atoll
  • jacads closure

  • permit modifications
  • disposal facility
  • stockpile disposal
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  • johnston island

  • chemical demilitarization
  • closure operations
  • closure process
  • conceptual site
  • site model

  • planning phase
  • spent carbon
  • disposal program
  • degradation products
  • personnel retention

  • chemical stockpile
  • baseline incineration
  • secondary waste
  • stockpile committee
  • closure campaign

  • affairs program
  • control procedures
  • disposal technologies
  • exposure pathways
  • integrated closure


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