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The U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) is the world leader in programs to store, treat, and dispose of chemical weapons safely and effectively. The activity developed and used technologies to safely store and eliminate chemical weapons at seven stockpile sites while protecting the public, its workers and the environment. CMA also has the storage mission at the Nation's final two stockpile sites. CMA was created to incorporate the former Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization and portions of the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command into one activity. This streamlines operations and allows for greater integration of these programs. More information on the organization is available at About CMA.

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CAMDS: Gone, but not forgotten

The Nation’s chemical stockpile elimination program’s research and development facility—Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS)—has completed its closure work. CAMDS, which is located on Deseret Chemical Depot, submitted the final closure package to the Utah Department of Solid and Hazardous Waste. It is expected that the state will grant the approval by the end of February 2013.

CAMDS is where the U.S. Army’s first formal chemical weapons destruction efforts began. For more than 25 years, CAMDS developed and tested chemical weapons destruction methods and procedures, destroying more than 363,000 pounds of chemical agents and more than 40,000 munitions during that time.

Although, CAMDS has closed, its legacy will live on, as the two remaining U.S. chemical weapons stockpile sites at Pueblo, Colo. and Blue Grass, Ky. will continue using the proven technologies and processed developed at CAMDS.


Army initiative avoids $290 million in costs

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity recently realized a cumulative cost avoidance to taxpayers of more than $290 million by achieving the end of closure operations early at the Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) located at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Ark. The savings were achieved by incentivizing the systems contractor, URS Corporation, to complete both the chemical agent destruction operations and facility closure operations ahead of contractual schedules while adhering to strict environmental and safety standards.


""Star"" status retained

Last month, URS and its lab and monitoring subcontractor, Battelle received official notification from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that they have met the requirements to retain their OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) “Star” status.

Star status is the top safety accolade that a workplace can obtain through the VPP, which is an OSHA cooperative program that evaluates and acknowledges employers and workers for demonstrating excellent industrial safety and health cultures.


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1/25/2013 Pine Bluff, AR  Army initiative avoids $290 million in costs  [284KB pdf]
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity recently realized a cumulative cost avoidance to taxpayers of more than $290 million by achieving the end of closure operations early at the Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF).
 
1/24/2013 Tooele, UT  DCD Monthly Update - January 2013  [1,606KB pdf]
Deseret Chemical Depot Monthly Update for January 2013
 
1/18/2013 Hermiston, OR  DEQ approves closure plan for UMCDF  [142KB pdf]
Umatilla Chemical Depot, Hermiston, Ore. The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) has taken another step towards successful project completion and establishing legacy of environmental responsiblity in northeast Oregon.
 
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