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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Activities." National Research Council. 2011. Assessment of Approaches for Using Process Safety Metrics at the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13041.
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Appendix B
Committee Meetings and Activities

FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING

JUNE 14-16, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C.


Objective: To introduce required administrative procedures set forth by the National Research Council, conduct the composition and balance discussion, discuss the committee statement of task and background review with committee sponsor, receive chemical demilitarization and process and equipment briefing presentations, review the preliminary report outline and report-writing process, flesh out the report outline into a concept draft, confirm committee writing assignments, and discuss next steps and future meeting dates. The briefings covered the following topics:


Overview of ACWA and Chemical Demilitarization, Joe Novad, Deputy Operations and Engineering Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.


BGCAPP Process Overview, Joe Novad, Deputy Operations and Engineering Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.


PCAPP Process Overview, Joe Novad, Deputy Operations and Engineering Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.


LPMD at Anniston, Joe Novad, Deputy Operations and Engineering Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.


Explosive Destruction Technologies, Joe Novad, Deputy Operations and Engineering Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.


WHOLE COMMITTEE TELECONFERENCE

JULY 9, 2010


Objective: To discuss data gathering and report development.


VIRTUAL MEETING

JULY 23, 2010


Objective: To conduct committee discussions, discuss report development, and discuss the upcoming meeting in Pueblo, Colorado, and Richmond, Kentucky.


SITE VISIT

JULY 29, 2010

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND


Objective: To conduct data gathering on Chemical Materials Agency process safety incidents to identify what lessons could be learned that would benefit the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.

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SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING

AUGUST 3-5, 2010

PUEBLO, COLORADO, AND RICHMOND, KENTUCKY


Objective: To conduct fact-finding at the contractors’ offices for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) and the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP).


August 3, 2010, Pueblo, Colorado


Safety Share, Terry Wells, Safety Manager, Bechtel Pueblo Team.


Plant Overview Video, Scott Susman, Site Project Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives.


Management Overview, Kevin Chalmers, Deputy Project Manager, Bechtel Pueblo Team.


Engineering Overview, George Fry, Bechtel Pueblo Team.


Operations Overview, Jerry Tiller, Plant Manager, Bechtel Pueblo Team.


Process Safety Management, Rob Jensen, Bechtel Pueblo Team.


August 5, 2010, Richmond, Kentucky


Project Management, Jeff Brubaker, Site Project Manager, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, and Mark Seely, Project Manager, Bechtel.


Process Overview, Ron Hawley, Plant General Manager, URS.


Safety Overview, Jeffrey Weldon, Safety, Health, and Emergency Response Manager, Bechtel.


First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Equipment, Mark Johnson, Assistant Project Manager, Bechtel.


Design Process, Neil Frenzl, Resident Engineering Manager, Bechtel.


Operations Management, Ron Hawley, Plant General Manager, URS.


Lessons Learned, Ron Hawley, Plant General Manager, URS.


System Safety, Jeffrey Weldon, Safety, Health, and Emergency Response Manager, Bechtel.


Training Overview, John Gaffney, Training Manager, General Physics.


VIRTUAL MEETING

AUGUST 17, 2010


Objective: To discuss data gathering and report development.


VIRTUAL MEETING

AUGUST 20, 2010


Objective: To discuss report development.


THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING

SEPTEMBER 1-3, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C.


Objective: To discuss the adequacy of data gathering to date and identify any gaps and how to address those gaps, conduct writing sessions and achieve a first fullmessage draft, and make work assignments.


VIRTUAL MEETING

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010


Objective: To discuss report development.


FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING

OCTOBER 13-15, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C.


Objective: To discuss the report draft, conduct writing sessions, and achieve a concurrence draft.


VIRTUAL MEETING

OCTOBER 20, 2010


Objective: To discuss the report draft and development and achieve a concurrence draft.

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The Department of Defense, through the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, is currently in the process of constructing two full-scale pilot plants at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky to destroy the last two remaining inventories of chemical weapons in the U.S. stockpile. These two storage sites together account for about 10 percent of the original U.S. chemical agent stockpile that is in the process of being destroyed in accordance with the international Chemical Weapons Convention treaty. Unlike their predecessors, these facilities will use neutralization technologies to destroy agents contained within rockets, projectiles, and mortar rounds, requiring the use of specially designed equipment.

As part of its focus on safe operation of the planned facilities, the Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives asked the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a study to offer guidance on the application of process safety metrics at the Pueblo Chemical Depot and Blue Grass Army Depot. Process safety is a disciplined framework for managing the integrity of operating systems, processes and personnel handling hazardous substances, and operations by applying good design principles, engineering, and operating practices. Process Safety Metrics at the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants discusses the use of leading and lagging process safety metrics that could provide feedback on the effectiveness of controls to mitigate risks and minimize consequences of potential incidents.

The book makes several recommendations that will facilitate the development and application of process safety metrics at both sites.

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