Review and Assessment of Closure Plans for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System Letter Report (2010) / Chapter Skim
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. In this brief interim report, the Committee on Review and Assessment of Closure Plans for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System addresses some of the issues pertaining to closure at the TOCDF and CAMDS facilities.
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It is further anticipated that an explosive destruction technology chamber will be brought on-site to handle mustard agent munitions referred to as "rejects," which present problems for processing through the TOCDF disassembly and destruction processes. A further complication affecting the closure of TOCDF is the approximately 2 million pounds of legacy secondary wastes in storage that must be managed and disposed of during closure operations.
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In this interim study, the committee also considered prior closure experiences for three other chemical agent disposal facilities: the prototype baseline Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System on Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean and the hydrolysis-based facilities in Aberdeen, Maryland, and Newport, Indiana, where, respectively, bulk mustard agent and VX nerve agent were destroyed. In doing so, the committee remained mindful of the differentiating characteristics of these facilities in relation to TOCDF and CAMDS.
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As deconstruction activities proceed over the course of closure operations at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System and the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, a separate workforce will be on-site specifically to conduct demolition. This situation raises the possibility that safety performance could degrade because the new demolition workforce may be unfamiliar with the dangers of agent and agent degradation products and unfamiliar with the background circumstances regarding any demolition work done before its arrival.
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The Army should confirm with the regulators their willingness to consider partial closure with attendant more detailed closure plans and permit modifications. It should establish a realistic accelerated schedule for submitting its Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Closure Plan to ensure that closure operations are not delayed.
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Sincerely, Peter B Lederman, Ph.D., Chair Committee on Review and Assessment of Closure Plans for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System Attachments: A Statement of Task B Acronyms and Abbreviations C Committee on Review and Assessment of Closure Plans for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System D Acknowledgement of Reviewers -6
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