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C LETTER FROM CHARLES BARONIAN, DATED AUGUST 7, 1992 216 (RCRA) permitting work. Based on the McMillen amendment, if enacted, all this work would stop immediately. d. To further complicate this exercise, it is known that the alternate technology is specific to the purpose of eliminating incinerators. Yet the baseline incorporates four types of incinerators each with a separate and distinct requirement: (1) to destroy agent; (2) to destroy energetics; (3) to provide 5X decontamination; and (4) to process dunnage. Obviously, a developmental program that addresses one or two of these incinerators would take less time than a program addressing all four. Alternate technologies which have been postulated do not appear to address the 5X or dunnage requirements. This paper limits the new technology program to the first two incinerator processes, agent and energetic destruction, and is consistent with the current National Research Council (NRC) review of alternative technology. If indeed a developmental program for all incinerators becomes a requirement, then it is possible that a significant increase in time and costs may have to be added to this proposed program. At this time, however, there is no valid basis to include these costs. e. In summary, the following depicts generic costs and schedules based on a set of assumptions. The actual program costs and schedules could be significantly less or greater, depending on the selected technology and the scope of the effort. 3. Assumptions. a. Complete commercial laboratory data are available and laboratory equipment for use by the Government is available from the technology developer. b. The laboratory program will be accomplished in a Government laboratory which has been approved for agent operations. c. The laboratory program will address all three agents and energetics. d. Complete commercial data are available, and this data base coupled with the laboratory program is sufficient to design and procure a pilot plant capability with minimum actual agent and energetic laboratory data. e. No pilot plant capability exists in industry which can operate with agent.
