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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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Thus, the was in storage (i.e., stockpiled) , former production facilities decision to contain the CWM in place or to recover it, at that have since also been demolished, and CWM that was which point it becomes recovered chemical warfare materiel incidentally found and recovered from burial sites in vari- (RCWM)
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Destruction of former chemical weapons production CWM buried during the last century, the DOD should ini- facilities; tially plan for a multi-billion-dollar program lasting many 3. Destruction of miscellaneous chemical warfare mateyears.
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These include active, BRAC, and FUDS sites at • The number and types of CWM destroyed in past which site investigations and/or cleanup work are expected operations or for which destruction is planned. to take place based on the Army's current understanding of site-specific conditions.7 Known and suspected CWM sites include former manu facturing facilities, former demilitarization operations, Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare Material in the United former storage areas, disposal trenches and pits, chemical States warfare demonstration areas, test sites, and training facilities.
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• Ton Containers • Category 3 CW EDS/TDC/SCANS Testing Dugway Proving Ground, Utah Dover Air Force Base, • 71 RCWM Destroyed–EDS Delaware • DOT Containers 11 Munitions Destroyed–EDS Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah • Binary Spring Valley, • Ton Containers Rocky Mountain Washington, D.C. • Category 3 CW Arsenal, Colorado • CAIS Destruction–RRS 20 Munitions 10 Munitions Destroyed–EDS Destroyed–EDS Pueblo Chemical Redstone Arsenal, Depot, Colorado Fort Bragg, Alabama Fort Benning, Georgia North Carolina Stockpile Assessment • 16 Munitions Holloman AFB, New Destroyed–EDS CAIS Recovery and Mexico; CAIS Recovery and • CAIS Recovery and Destruction–SCANS Camp Bullis, Texas Destruction–SCANS Destruction–SCANS Former Williams AFB, CAIS Recovery and Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas Porton Down, United Arizona Destruction–SCANS Camp Sibert, Alabama Schofield Army Barracks, Hawaii Kingdom CAIS–1 Item • 1,227 Munitions Destroyed 11 Munitions • EDS Testing • FPF Destroyed–EDS 71 Munitions Destroyed–TDC (P1U1 and P2U1 Units)
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been determined to fall into one of the categories of chemicals covered by the treaty, steps must be taken Study Context to declare and destroy it.10 The Army's efforts to demilitarize chemical weapons are transitioning from programs designed to destroy smaller finds subject to the emergency response function, former 8An exposure pathway is the route of contaminants from the source of production facilities, and individual CWM that are periodi- contamination to potential contact with a medium (air, soil, surface water, or groundwater) that represents a potential threat to human health or the cally discovered in areas where exposure may occur, to a pro environment)
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, destruction technologies, and waste Chapter 5 presents a discussion of several aspects of the storage and disposal. possible future remediation of the buried chemical warfare • Identify potential deficiencies in operational areas based materiel at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, which on the review of current supporting technologies for is very likely the largest and most complex of the burial clean-up of CWM sites and develop options for targeted sites in the United States.
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decontamination of both NSCMP organizational relationships and the flow of empty contaminated items. funding for remediation of CWM sites are then presented Chapter 7 presents a review the current NSCMP orga- and discussed.
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