PUEBLO CHEMICAL AGENT

CONTRAC   ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A basic conDepartment’s Assembled Chemical Weapons AssesInc. of San Francisco, Calif.  The contract supports dPueblo Chemical Depot, near Pueblo, Colo.   

Under the contract’s first task order, a design-build pDestruction Pilot Plant, or PCAPP.  The plant will neustockpile comprised of mustard agent-filled cartridgebasic contract will be awarded in the future for followconstruction, systemization, pilot testing, operation, a  “We are pleased to be moving ahead with this major Manager Michael Parker, “and we look forward to wo

Pueblo Chemical Depot Commander Lt. Col. John D

“Along with all the depot employees, I stand ready tosaid.  “Our mission is to keep the stockpile safe; we hkeep it safe.” 

Project leaders will sponsor an open house on Oct. 9Room, located at 1001 North Santa Fe Avenue in Pumeet the contractor teams and other government agethe Pueblo chemical agent stockpile. 

Colorado Citizens’ Advisory Commission Chairman Jdecision for Pueblo.  

“It ensures that the water neutralization process to debegin to move forward, making Pueblo a safer commpotential threat of terrorist activity,” Klomp said.  

-   FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:  The Program MAffairs Office at 410-436-5253 or Pueblo Chemical Depot PBechtel National, Inc. is Mr. John Schlatter at 865-603-091available at the Pueblo Chemical Depot Community Outrea81003, or call 719-546-0400.  On the World Wide Web, vis  Congress established the Assembled Chemical Weapons AssessACWA’s mission is to identify and demonstrate two or more alterndemilitarization of assembled chemical weapons. In 1999, Public alternate technology for the destruction of assembled chemical wein Anniston, Ala., Pine Bluff, Ark., Pueblo, Colo., Richmond, Ky., Npreviously on Johnston Island in the Pacific. 

News Release

-DESTRUCTION PILOT PLAT AWARDED 

tract was awarded today under thesment program headquartered hereestruction of the chemical weapons

lan will be developed for the Pueblotralize and biodegrade the Pueblo 

s and projectiles.  Additional task oring phases of the effort, including dnd ultimately, closure. 

milestone in our program,” said ACrking with our new team members.

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8.  Additional information on chemical sch Office, 301 North Main Street, Suiteit http://www.pmacwa.org. 

ment program in 1997 in accordance with Puative technologies to the baseline incineratioLaw 105-261 authorized ACWA to plan for aapons. U.S. Army chemical weapons and aewport, Ind., Edgewood, Md., Hermiston, O

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