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From page 5... ... operations later and have collectively destroyed more than 55 percent of the original stockpile. At two sites, CHEMICAL WEAPONS DISPOSAL PROGRAM the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky, and the Pueblo Chemical Depot near Pueblo, Colorado, The disposal of the chemical weapons stockpile is facility construction has only just begun and destruction a major undertaking. Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... years of disposal operations the National Research Council's Committee on Review and Evaluation of STATEMENT OF TASK the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, in its reports, repeatedly encouraged the Army and its The National Research Council will establish an ad contractors to pay attention to safety and to engage in hoc committee to: continuous improvement. • eview and evaluate existing safety and environmental r The Army and its contractors have responded to metrics employed at CMA facilities, this encouragement, and, at the time of this writing, • xamine commercial and industrial operations for poten e the five CDFs that are still operating have achieved tially applicable safety and environmental metrics, and recordable injury rates of about 1, compared with • ssess new initiatives at national organizations (i.e., Na a tional Safety Council, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, etc.) that could be used by CMA. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... Committee deliberations were completed by mental metrics at the currently operating CDFs and the means of a virtual meeting, wherein members talked one that has entered closure. It does not address safety via a teleconference and were able to view the report and environmental metrics at chemical stockpile stor- in real time on their computer screens. Read the entire page →

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... operations later and have collectively destroyed more than 55 percent of the original stockpile. At two sites, CHEMICAL WEAPONS DISPOSAL PROGRAM the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky, and the Pueblo Chemical Depot near Pueblo, Colorado, The disposal of the chemical weapons stockpile is facility construction has only just begun and destruction a major undertaking.

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... years of disposal operations the National Research Council's Committee on Review and Evaluation of STATEMENT OF TASK the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, in its reports, repeatedly encouraged the Army and its The National Research Council will establish an ad contractors to pay attention to safety and to engage in hoc committee to: continuous improvement. • eview and evaluate existing safety and environmental r The Army and its contractors have responded to metrics employed at CMA facilities, this encouragement, and, at the time of this writing, • xamine commercial and industrial operations for poten e the five CDFs that are still operating have achieved tially applicable safety and environmental metrics, and recordable injury rates of about 1, compared with • ssess new initiatives at national organizations (i.e., Na a tional Safety Council, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, etc.) that could be used by CMA.

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... Committee deliberations were completed by mental metrics at the currently operating CDFs and the means of a virtual meeting, wherein members talked one that has entered closure. It does not address safety via a teleconference and were able to view the report and environmental metrics at chemical stockpile stor- in real time on their computer screens.

Read the entire page →

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1 Introduction Pages 5-7

1 Introduction
Pages 5-7