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The U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is the world leader in programs to store, treat, and dispose of chemical weapons
safely and effectively. The agency develops and uses technologies to safely store and eliminate chemical weapons while protecting
the public, its workers and the environment. CMA was created to incorporate the former Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization and portions of the
U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command into one agency. This streamlines operations and allows for greater integration of these programs. More
information on the organization is available at About CMA.
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CMA announced the safe destruction of its two millionth munition since Entry-Into-Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The U.S. ratified the CWC in 1997, joining more than 180 countries pledging to rid the world of chemical weapons. CMA has come a long way to reach this destruction benchmark. The neutralization sites at Aberdeen, Md., and Newport, Ind., as well as the incineration site at Johnston Atoll, have successfully destroyed their stockpiles of chemical warfare materiel and are closed or being closed. The four remaining sites at Anniston, Ala., Pine Bluff, Ark., Tooele, Utah, and Umatilla, Ore., use incineration, a proven safe and effective treatment. CMA’s Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project has made substantial progress assessing and treating chemical materiel separate from the national stockpile. NSCMP also beat the treaty deadline for destruction of the nation’s chemical warfare production facilities and binary chemical weapons.
Oregon Judge Rules for Army In Incineration Lawsuit An Oregon judge denied a motion for summary judgment against the State of Oregon regarding Army chemical weapons destruction at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, Hermiston, Ore.
The case was filed one year ago on Oct. 31, 2008. Petitioners had challenged Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality on the approval of a Temporary Authorization Request for the trial burn of mustard agent containing elevated levels of mercury. The lawsuit is the sixth in an ongoing series of suits brought against operations at Umatilla. In each case, the suit was either dismissed or rulings were in the Army’s favor.
The U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project celebrated another successful treatment mission in July at Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Utah, destroying recovered chemical warfare projectiles and bomblets with its transportable Explosive Destruction System (EDS). The EDS uses cutting charges to explosively access chemical munitions, eliminating their explosive capacity before the chemical agent is neutralized. The system’s main component, a sealed, stainless steel vessel, contains all the blast, vapor and fragments from the process. “This mission is another example of CMA’s confident onsite treatment process, using the EDS,” said Jeffrey Harris, Deputy Project Manager for NSCMP.
Recordable Injury Milestone at PBCDF The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) achieved a safety milestone at 12:01 a.m. on July 15, 2009 when it went over 1 million safe work hours without a recordable injury. The safety milestone set at PBCDF is the first time any chemical demilitarization site has ever accomplished 1 million hours without a recordable injury. On June 17, PBCDF also achieved another safety milestone when it reached 2 million hours without an injury requiring days away from work. PBCDF employs more than 700 workers and subcontractors who must constantly focus on safety for themselves and their co-workers.
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