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... Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program, is In contrast, the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical currently in the process of constructing two full-scale Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (PCAPP and BGCAPP)
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... programs at those sites. The statement of task for the Committee to Assess As previously indicated, both PCAPP and BGCAPP Process Safety Metrics for the Blue Grass and Pueblo will use chemical neutralization technology instead Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants (the commit of incineration to destroy chemical agents and, in the tee)
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... tation on all of the chemical events that had occurred since commencement of destruction operations through the end of 2001 and issued its report, Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal 3"Leading metric" and "lagging metric" are defined in Appendix A 2Neutralization 4CERCLA is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com was used to destroy the chemical agents at two other sites, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and Newport, pensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund; 40 Indiana.
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... Some key causes of process recommended in the documents of the Center for safety incidents at former and currently operating Chemical Process Safety and the American Petroleum chemical agent disposal facilities identified from that Institute and discussed in Chapter 4 could also be relexperience are discussed below. evant to PCAPP and BGCAPP.
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... D eveloping metrics for the Pueblo cess safety metrics will be important in achieving the congressional mandate to safely destroy the chemical Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant and the Blue weapons stockpiles at the respective sites. Systemiza- Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant based on tion affords an excellent opportunity to implement and operating experience at other chemical agent disposal evaluate leading and lagging process safety metrics.
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... Process safety technology conferences kind equipment, the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruc- such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' tion Pilot Plant and the Blue Grass Chemical Agent annual Global Congress of Process Safety and others Destruction Pilot Plant should review their hazard hosted by organizations such as the Center for Chemiassessment documents to identify and consider imple- cal Process Safety and the Mary Kay O'Connor Promenting leading or lagging metrics specific to each cess Safety Center provide ongoing programming on piece of equipment or area of the plant. These efforts process safety and the identification of best practices.
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