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5 Redstone Arsenal: A Case Study
5 Redstone Arsenal: A Case Study
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, 17 of which are designated by the regulatory authority as 1Stephen A Cobb, Chief, Government Hazardous Waste Branch, Land Division, ADEM, "Remediation of Buried CWM in Alabama: The State subject to interim measures involving CWM removal.
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67 REDSTONE ARSENAL: A CASE STUDY FIGURE 5-1 Map of Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. SOURCE: Terry de la Paz, Chief, Installation Restoration Branch, Environmental Management Division, RSA, Alabama, presentation to the com mittee on November 2, 2011.
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could be encountered are divided into three categories, which are defined in the footnotes, and are estimated as follows: Between 1945 and 1950, major disposal actions were Intact items: 85,000-92,0006 taken to destroy chemical munitions and agents, with most Empty contaminated items: 844,000-855,0007 of the toxic chemical agents being processed by 1949. The Empty noncontaminated items: 1,971,000-1,975,008 agent production and ordnance plants at RSA were decontaminated and demolished, and the post-Second-World-War German Traktor rockets being prepared for disposal in a overseas ordnance, reject munitions produced at RSA, and pit are shown in Figure 5-2.
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been completely reliable for identifying chemical fills or 12William R Brankowitz, Senior Chemical Engineer, Science Applica tions International Corporation, "Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project Redstone Arsenal (RSA)
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Also, Technologies are available to NSCMP for the destruction given its location in the Tennessee Valley, on a partial flood of the intact munitions. The Dynasafe SDC is suited for this plain having a complex hydrogeology, it should be expected purpose because of its high throughput rate and because it that the cleanup program will draw a great deal of scrutiny can produce scrap metal that is suitable for release for unrefrom regulators and community groups concerned about the stricted use (formerly termed "5X")
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The items expected to be found at RSA are anticipated to conventional munitions, chemical munitions, and convencontain or be contaminated with a variety of chemical agents tional pollutant contamination both on operational ranges and chemicals, including H, HD, HT, HS, L, WP, CNS, and on other areas of the installation, will make it one of CNB, HN-3, CG, and GA. It is not clear that the available the largest, most complex, most long-lasting, and costliest explosive destruction technologies (EDTs)
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While most of the buried muni tions are actually remnants of exploded munition bodies and Regulatory Oversight previously decontaminated chemical munitions that may At RSA an FFA has been drafted but not yet agreed upon, still contain detectable quantities of agent, some explosively primarily owing to a disagreement about the role of the Ala- configured munitions and unexploded bursters and fuzes can be expected.24,25 bama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)
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32Terry de la Paz, Chief, Installation Restoration Branch, Environmental include large amounts of contaminated and noncontaminated Management Division, RSA, Alabama, U.S. Army, "Remediation of Buried empty munition bodies, empty agent containers, debris such CWM at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: The Installation Manager's Perspec as equipment from the demolition of agent manufacturing tive," presentation to the committee on November 2, 2011.
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One of the most days of the cleanup effort but also of the collaborative part- important lessons learned by all parties was the concept of nering that eventually emerged, with all parties having had partnering, education of the public, the involvement of all a voice in determining cleanup objectives, processes, and stakeholders, and public participation in bodies like restoraprocedures. While a partnering environment was established, tion advisory boards and community outreach groups.
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