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Executive Summary
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... The focus of this report is primarily on operational and planned baseline incineration facilities, especially the TOCDF, but broader programmatic matters, such as risk management and public involvement, are also addressed and are applicable to all CSDP sites. The major aspects of TOCDF operations reviewed in this report are: · systems performance and plant operations (Chapter 2)
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... The development and testing of Fourier transform infrared technology for the real-time detection of an agent release is also proceeding, but real-time alarms are still in development. Risk Management The risk management programs uses the health risk assessment (HRA)
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... In both the 1996 report, Review of Systemization at the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, and the 1997 report, Risk Assessment and Management atDeseret Chemical Depot and the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, the committee observed that certain aspects of risk assessment and risk management at DCD/TOCDF and throughout the CSDP program required further work and refinement. For example, based on experience from the TOCDF, the committee now recommends that Phase 2 QRAs4 for chemical disposal facilities under development be performed as soon as feasible.
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... Public and Community Interactions The Stockpile Committee's recommendations regarding public involvement in the CSDP and emergency management/preparedness in the 1996 Systemization report dealt only with activities at the TOCDF. The recommendations in the 1997 Risk Assessment and Management report were related to risk management in the overall disposal program.
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... has also been reorganized. The Army still controls on-site emergency preparedness, but all off-site responsibilities, including budgeting, have been assigned to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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