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Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)
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      Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)

      Mission: Destroy Chemical Weapons Stockpile

      Vision: Chemical Weapons Free by 2023

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      Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP)

      BGCAPP is safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky.

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      Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP)

      PCAPP is safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado.

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  • Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant workers unload new carbon filters for an Agent Filtration Area filter unit. The filters capture and remove organic contaminants, including mustard agent vapors, from the air in the two main processing buildings.
    Carbon Filter Replacements Keep Pueblo Plant Emissions Safe
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • A technician takes down results from carbon filter bank testing at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. A recently completed health assessment regarding plant emissions is now in review with the state’s environmental department.
    Blue Grass Plant Health Assessment Shows No Risk to Public
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • A technician takes a reading during the supercritical water oxidation system commissioning process at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. This process checks and tests every operational component in preparation for operations.
    Secondary Treatment System Undergoes Testing
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control Dr. Charles J. Ball (left) congratulates Deputy Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Nicholas Stamatakis III after his ceremonial oath as a member of the Senior Executive Service. Barbara Stamatakis (center) holds a family bible used for the oath.
    Chemical Demilitarization Program Advances Deputy to Senior Executive Service
    PEO ACWA FEATURED NEWS
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  • An ordnance technician uses a munitions handling lift assist unit to place disassembled 155mm projectiles onto a conveyor for neutralization processing inside an Explosive Containment Room in the Agent Processing Building of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The plant has received approval from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to increase the rate at which it processes chemical munitions from 24 per hour to 32 per hour.
    Pueblo Plant Increases Munitions Processing Rate
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • A technician watches as a tray of test projectile bodies moves through the Metal Parts Treater (MPT) for a conveyor alignment check at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The MPT Surrogate Test Plan was the subject of a recent Class 1 modification to the plant’s hazardous waste permit.
    Minor Permit Modifications Routine Business for Plant
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • A convoy of semitrailers carrying components for the first Static Detonation Chamber travels Aug. 6, 2019, through the Pueblo Chemical Depot towards the SDC construction site at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Three SDCs will be used in the Pueblo plant’s mission to destroy the remaining chemical weapons stockpile in Colorado.
    First Static Detonation Chamber Components Arrive at Pueblo Plant
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Inside an Explosive Containment Room at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, a 155mm projectile containing mustard agent is disassembled for processing. It marks the halfway point of the destruction campaign for this type of munition; with 50% of them gone, the amount of agent in the Colorado chemical stockpile has been reduced by one-third.
    Pueblo Plant Reaches Halfway Point in First of Three Agent-Destruction Campaigns
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant technicians, left, watch as a Blue Grass Chemical Activity technician directs the marking of a single-round container during integrity testing. The containers are required to be tested every 90 days to be deemed service-ready in the event of a leaking munition in the chemical weapons stockpile in Kentucky. (Photo courtesy Blue Grass Chemical Activity)
    Noble Gas Helps Make Protective Containers Service-Ready
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Our Mission
    Destroy Chemical Weapons Stockpile
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  • Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot (PCAPP)
    PCAPP is safely destroying the stockpile of chemical weapons in storage at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado.
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    BGCAPP will safely destroy a stockpile of chemical weapons currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.
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Recent Videos

  • Sept. 11 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission/CDCAB Meeting (2019)
    Sept. 11 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission/CDCAB Meeting (2019)
    September 20, 2019
  • Pueblo Plant Progress – August 2019
    Pueblo Plant Progress – August 2019
    September 20, 2019
  • Blue Grass Plant Progress – August 2019
    Blue Grass Plant Progress – August 2019
    September 20, 2019
  • Pueblo Plant Destroys 50% of 155mm Munition Stockpile
    Pueblo Plant Destroys 50% of 155mm Munition Stockpile
    August 20, 2019
  • Static Detonation Chamber Starts Processing Agent in Kentucky
    Static Detonation Chamber Starts Processing Agent in Kentucky
    August 20, 2019
  • July 31 Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meeting (2019)
    July 31 Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meeting (2019)
    August 20, 2019

Upcoming Public Involvement Meetings

Permitting Working Group and Biotreatment Utilization Group
Sept. 25, 2019 at 2 p.m. MDT
District Attorney’s Conference Room
701 Court St.
Pueblo, Colorado

Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission
Sept. 25, 2019 at 6 p.m. MDT
Boone Community Center
421 E. First St.
Boone, Colorado

Permitting Working Group and Biotreatment Utilization Group
Oct. 30, 2019 at 2 p.m. MDT
District Attorney’s Conference Room
701 Court St.
Pueblo, Colorado

“I love my team.”

Megan H.
PCAPP Monitoring Technician
Megan H. PCAPP Monitoring Technician

“I love my job. I’m on the Charlie team. Everyone is very helpful and goal-oriented. We truly are one team, one mission.”

Melvin R.
PCAPP Ordnance Technician
Melvin R. PCAPP Ordnance Technician

“This is the third plant I have worked with. We are doing something important. Eliminating these weapons is making a difference.”

Washington C.
BGCAPP Materials Coordinator
Washington C. BGCAPP Materials Coordinator

“I love the people I work with.”

Roberta S.
PCAPP Engineering Administrator
Roberta S. PCAPP Engineering Administator

“Our team is a good group to work with.”

Ben F.
BGCAPP Munitions Handler
Ben F. BGCAPP Munitions Handler

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