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Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions
F
Committee Meetings and Activities
Committee Meeting, March 9-10, 1992, Washington, D.C. The following presentations were made to the committee:
"Introduction to the Chemical Demilitarization Program," Brig. Gen. Walter L. Busbee, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"Description of Agents/Munitions," Mr. Mark Evans, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"History and Program Rationales of the Demilitarization Program," Mr. Charles Baronian, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"Current Status of Demilitarization Facilities: Johnson Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) and Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF)," Maj. Paul E. Wojciechowski, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"Description of the Demilitarization Processes-Baseline Process and Cryofracture Process," Mr. Robert P. Whelen, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"Safety Requirements for Design," Mr. Robert Perry, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"Agent and Non-Agent Monitoring Program Requirements: Destruction Standards and Classification of Agent, Munitions, Dunnage, Metal Parts," Mr. Donald Pugh, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
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"Treaty Status and Requirements," Brig. Gen. Walter L. Busbee, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
Committee Meeting and Workshop, June 3-5, 1992, Washington, D.C. The following presentations were made to the committee at its workshop:
"Enzyme System for Degrading G-agents," Dr. Joseph J. DeFrank, U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Engineering Center (CRDEC).
"Combined Chemical/Bacterial Degradation of Sulfur Mustard," Dr. Steve Harvey, U.S. Army CRDEC.
Use of Microbial, Bacterial and Enzyme-based Systems in Detoxification of Organophosphate Insecticides," Dr. Jeffrey S. Karns, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Laboratory.
"Development of Enzyme-based Bioremediation Systems for Nerve Agent Destruction," Dr. Clement E. Furlong, University of Washington.
"Bioreactor Scale-up and Design," Dr. Ronald Unterman, Envirogen, Inc.
"Bioremediation Opportunities and Challenges," Dr. Jonathan Mielenz, COGNIS, Inc.
"Complex Environmental Toxins Subject to Bioremediation," Dr. Fran Kremer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"General Chemistry of Nerve Agents," Dr. Joseph Epstein, U.S. Army CRDEC.
"Destruction of Mustard and Nerve Agents," Dr. Fred Menger, Emory University.
"Iodoscarboxylates as Catalysts for the Destruction of Reactive Phosphates," Dr. Robert Moss, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey.
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"Army Experience with Neutralization at Rocky Mountain Arsenal," Mr. Edward Coale and Mr. Stephen DePew, Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army.
"Russian Experience in Chemical Agent Destruction," Dr. Joseph F. Bunnett, University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Wet Air Oxidation Destruction," Dr. William Copa, Zimpro Passavant Environmental Systems, Inc.
"Hydrogenation Processes," Mr. Don Hedden, UOP.
"High Temperature Steam Reforming," Mr. Terry Galloway, Synthetica Technologies, Inc.
Supercritical Water Oxidation
"Overview of Supercritical Water Oxidation," Dr. Jefferson Tester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Supercritical Water Oxidation Industrial Design," Dr. Glenn Hong, MODAR, Inc.
"DARPA Supercritical Water Oxidation Program," Mr. Michael Spritzer, General Atomics.
"Review of Fluid-Bed Combustion Applications," Dr. Frances Holm, Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
"Molten Metal Applications via the Catalytic Extraction Process," Dr. Christopher J. Nagel, Molten Metal Technology.
"Review of Molten Salt Technologies," Dr. Lawnie H. Taylor, Department of Energy.
"The Adams Process for Conversion to a Sulfur Polymer," Dr. Edgar Berkey, Center for Hazardous Materials Research, and Mr. James Hendricks, Burns and Roe.
Plasma Technologies
"Plasma Arc Process," Dr. Dale L. Keairns, Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
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"A Plasma Centrifugal Furnace," Mr. Max Schlienger, RETECH, Inc.
"Carbon Arc Destruction Technology," Dr. Charles H. Titus, Electro-Pyrolysis, Inc.
"United Kingdom Experience," Mr. Ron G. Manley, Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment.
"The Canadian Experience," Dr. John McAndless, Defence Research Establishment, Suffield.
The Iraq Experience, Dr. Richard S. Magee, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
The workshop was attended by committee members, guest speakers, and observers, as follows:
Committee Members
Dr. John P. Longwell, Chairman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. George Apostolakis
University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Joseph F. Bunnett
University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Peter S. Daley*
Waste Management International
Dr. Gene H. Dyer
Bechtel Corporation, Retired
Dr. David S. Kosson
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dr. Walter G. May
University of Illinois
Dr. Matthew Meselson
Harvard University
Dr. Henry Shaw
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. Thomas O. Tiernan
Wright State University
Dr. Barry M. Trost
Stanford University
Dr. James R. Wild
Texas A & M University
Guest Speakers
Biological
Dr. Joseph J. DeFrank
U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Engineering Center (CRDEC)
Dr. Clement E. Furlong
University of Washington
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Dr. Steve Harvey
U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Engineering Center (CRDEC)
Dr. Jeffrey S. Karns
USDA Pesticide Laboratory
Dr. Fran Kremer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Jonathan Mielenz
COGNIS, Inc.
Dr. Ronald Unterman
Envirogen, Inc.
Chemical
Dr. Joseph Epstein
U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Engineering Center, (CRDEC), Retired
Professor Fred Menger
Emory University
Professor Robert Moss
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mr. Edward Coale
Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army
Mr. Stephen DePeW
Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, U.S. Army
Medium Temperture
Dr. William Copa
Zimpro Passavant Environmental Systems, Inc.
Dr. Terry Galloway
Synthetica Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Dave Hazelbeck
General Atomics
Mr. Don Hedden
UOP
Dr. Glenn Hong
MODAR, Inc.
Mr. Michael Modell*
Modell Development Corporation
Mr. Michael Spritzer
General Atomics
Dr. Jefferson Tester
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High Temperature
Dr. Edgar Berkey
National Environmental Technology Applications Corporation, University of Pittsburgh
Mr. James Hendricks
Burns and Roe
Dr. Francis W. Holm
Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
Dr. Dale L. Keairns
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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Mr. Howard Miller
Chemloop, L.P.
Dr. Christopher J. Nagel
Molten Metal Technology
Mr. Max Schlienger, P.E.
RETECH, Inc.
Mr. Lawnie H. Taylor
Department of Energy
Dr. Charles H. Titus
Electro-Pyrolysis, Inc.
Foreign
Dr. Richard S. Magee
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mr. Ron G. Manley
Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, United Kingdom
Dr. John McAndless
Defense Research Establishment, Canada
Observers
Mr. Robert Bell
Senator Sam Nunn's office, Senate Armed Services Committee
Dr. Mark A. Brown
Office of Technology Assessment
Dr. Eileen Choffnes
Senate Government Affairs Committee
Dr. Shyam V. Dighe
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Dr. Dupont Durst
U.S. Army Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center
Mr. Jeffrey Gaines
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Victor Gatto
Molten Metal Technologies
Ms. Sebia Hawkins
Greenpeace
Mr. Tom Hess
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
Mr. Bob Hukill
Legal Representative
Dr. Paul Johnston
Greenpeace/Exeter University, United Kingdom
Mr. Mark Kagan
Committee for National Security
Ms. Linda Koplovitz
Concerned Citizens for Maryland's Environment, Inc.
Dr. Raymond A. MacKay
Clarkson University
Dr. Stephen M. Matthews
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mr. Doug Medville
The MITRE Corporation
Dr. David Morrison
The MITRE Corporation
Dr. Walter Mulbry
U.S. Department of Agriculture Pesticide Degradation Lab
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Mr. Phillip W. Murphy
Arkansas's Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
Mr. John Nunn
Legal Representative
Dr. Robert C. Oliver
Institute for Defense Analyses
Dr. Jisook Park
Synthetica Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Howard Podell
Chemloop, L.P.
Dr. Michael A. Rigdon
Institute for Defense Analyses
Dr. David Ross
SRI International
Mr. Robert Sabia
Bums & Roe
Mr. Ross Sheldon
Synthetica Technologies, Inc.
Ms. Donna Smatlack
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mr. Larry Sotsky
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Dr. Joseph Soukup
Science Applications International Corporation
Dr. Jeremy L. Sprung
Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Gregory Steele
Indiana Department of Health
Mr. Jeff Surma
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Dr. Robert Swank, Jr.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Ross Vincent
RVC Associates
Mr. Craig E. Williams
Kentucky Environmental Foundation
Mr. George Wilson
Office of Congressman Jim Jontz
Dr. J. Kenneth Wittle
Electro-Pyrolysis, Inc.
Dr. Yu-Chu Yang
U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Engineering Center
Invited Observers Who Were Unable to Attend
Mr. Alvin Bowles
Maryland's Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Administration
Mr. Jeffrey Denit
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Dennis R. Downs
Utah's Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste
Ambassador Charles Flowerree
Committee for National Security
Mr. Jerome Hauer
Indiana Emergency Management Agency
Mr. Phillip L. Hicks
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
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Dr. Vernon N. Houk, M.D.
National Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control
Ms. Valerie Hudson
Kentucky's Department of Environmental Protection
Mr. Tom Inch
BP America
Dr. Sheridan Johnston
Sandia National Laboratories
Mr. Dennis Kwiatkowski
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ms. Myra Thompson Lee
Oregon Emergency Management
Mr. Paul Lurk
U.S. Department of Energy
Ms. Jamie E. Miranda
Texaco, Inc.
Mr. Alfred Picardi
Consultant
Dr. Helmut W. Schulz
Dynecology, Inc.
Ms. Joan Sowinski
Colorado Department of Health
Dr. I. J. Wilk
Brine Cell, Inc.
Mr. James Lee Witt
Arkansas Office of Emergency Services
House of Representatives
Demilitarization Site
The Honorable Glen Browder
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama
The Honorable Larry J. Hopkins
Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky
The Honorable John T. Myers
Newport Army Ammunition Plant (AAP), Indiana
The Honorable Beryl F. Anthony
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
The Honorable Ben Campbell
Pueblo Depo Activity, Colorado
The Honorable James V. Hansen
Tooele Army Depot, Utah
The Honorable Bob Smith
Umatilla Depot Activity, Oregon
The Honorable Jim Jontz
Newport AAP, Indiana
The Honorable Les Aspin
Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
The Honorable Bill Dickinson
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama
The Honorable John Murtha
Defense Appropriates Committee
The Honorable Wayne Gilchrest
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
United States Senate
Demilitarization Site
The Honorable John Glenn
Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
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The Honorable Howell T. Heflin
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama
The Honorable Richard C. Shelby
Anniston Army Depot, Alabama
The Honorable Wendell H. Ford
Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky
The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
Newport AAP, Indiana
The Honorable Dan Coats
Newport AAP, Indiana
The Honorable Dale Bumpers
Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas
The Honorable David Pryor
Pine Bluf Arsenal, Arkansas
The Honorable Hank Brown
Pueblo Depot Activity, Colorado
The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth
Pueblo Depot Activity, Colorado
The Honorable Jake Gain
Tooele Army Depot, Utah
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
Tooele Army Depot, Utah
The Honorable Mark P. Hatfield
Umatilla Depot Activity, Oregon
The Honorable Bob Packwood
Umatilla Depot Activity, Oregon
The Honorable Sam Nunn
Senate Armed Services Committee
The Honorable Daniel Inouye
Chairman, Defense Appropriations Committee
Committee Meeting, September 3-4, 1992, Washington, D.C.
Committee Meeting, October 22-23, 1992, Washington, D.C.
Committee Meeting, November 19-20, 1992, Washington, D.C.
Committee Meeting, April 21-23, 1993, Washington, D.C.
*
unable to attend
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