Disposal of Chemical Munitions: Hearing Before the Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, March 13, 1985, Volumen5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 92 páginas |
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Agent Munitions Disposal agents and munitions alternative Anniston Army Depot Anthony Army's Blue Grass burn burster BZ disposal CAMDS central Kentucky Chairman Chemical Agent Munitions chemical munitions chemical warfare chemical weapons Colonel HIDALGO concern CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Congressman Hopkins construction containerized continued storage cost DATS decision demil destroy disposal facilities disposal operations disposal program Eastern Kentucky University environmental impact statement equipment explosive going Grass Army Depot Grass Depot Activity hazardous HOEBER igloo incin JACADS Johnston Atoll Johnston Island KASICH Kerby leakers lethal chemical Lexington-Blue Grass Depot LIBRARY OF CONG LIBRARY OF CONGRESS located M55 ROCKET DISPOSAL Madison County MCCURDY Munitions Disposal System nerve agent nerve gas incinerator nerve gas rockets NICHOLS obsolete chemical onsite options phase Pine Bluff Arsenal plant problem proposed rockets stored safe samples schedule stockpile subcommittee tion Tooele Army Depot toxic Umatilla
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Página 37 - Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act...
Página 2 - I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to testify before you today concerning HR 3908, the base closure legislation introduced by Chairman Les Aspin.
Página 73 - The closeness to population centers and the relatively small size of the depot leave little margin for the protection of the public in the event of an accident...
Página 86 - Defense that it adopt basically the same approach to chemical warfare agents and munitions that the Atomic Energy Commission has adopted toward radioactive waste products from nuclear reactors. It should be assumed that all such agents and munitions will require eventual disposal and that dumping at sea should be avoided. Therefore, a systematic study of optimal methods of disposal on appropriate military installations, involving no hazards to the general population and no pollution of the environment,...
Página 86 - Army establishment be examined by a group of technically qualified individuals, including demolition experts. The report concluded with a recommendation that the Department of Defense should assume that all chemical warfare agents and munitions will require eventual disposal and that dumping at sea should be avoided. Therefore, a systematic study of optimal methods of disposal on appropriate military installations, involving no hazard to the general population and no pollution of the environment,...
Página 2 - LOBBYIST Mr. COHEN. Mr. Chairman, thank you for inviting Common Cause to testify. In the interest of time and fairness, I will be as brief as possible and would ask that my statement be submitted for the record and I would like to summarize it. Senator MUSKIE.
Página 86 - ... a systematic study of optimal methods of disposal on appropriate military installations, involving no hazards to the general population and no pollution of the environment, should be undertaken. Appropriately large disposal facilities should be regarded as a required counterpart to existing stocks and planned manufacturing operations. As the first step in this direction, we suggest the construction of facilities for gradual demilitarization and detoxification of remaining M55 rockets.
Página 3 - The committee stated that of all chemical munitions: The M55 rocket is the least likely candidate for safe and economical transport.
Página 5 - Committee stated that of all chemical munitions, "the M55 rocket is the least likely candidate for safe and economical transport. M55 rockets should be destroyed where they are located because they exhibit the highest proportion of leakers and are the weakest agent-containment vessel.
Página 34 - DATS is a portable system designed to handle small numbers of defective chemical munitions or "leakers" at storage installations. DATS does not destroy the agent or munition; it merely separates the two and both must be disposed of by other means at a later date.