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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 will safely destroy 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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  • A Blue Grass Chemical Activity forklift driver loads a pallet of test projectiles into an Enhanced On-site Container for delivery to the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. Plant workers are training on the delivery process in preparation for certification as munitions delivery operators. (Photo courtesy Blue Grass Army Depot) (Items in this image have been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense guidelines.)
    Crews Begin Training for Munitions Movement
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Automated Guided Vehicle is used to transport munitions from the Enhanced Reconfiguration Building to the Agent Processing Building. The weight and turning radius of the AGVs has caused wearing of the epoxy coating in high traffic areas of the ERB, AGV Corridor and Munitions Body Storage Building.
    Improvements Made to High Traffic Areas in Pueblo Plant
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Walton Levi, left, is serving as site project manager of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) on an interim basis while Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program executive officer Michael Abaie, right, conducts a search for a permanent SPM.
    Interim Site Project Manager Selected for Pueblo Plant
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Technicians weigh a sample of chlorobenzene to calibrate a pump in preparation for surrogate testing at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The plant is using surrogate chemicals to be able to prove destruction of chemical agent.
    Plant to Test Equipment with Agent Alternatives
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Munitions handlers secure a conventional munition in a box prior to it being processed in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. This test shot will commission the chamber for use in operations.
    Crew Tests Equipment, Procedures with Conventional Munitions
    BGCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Bechtel Pueblo Team Plant Improvement Support Manager Paul Dent answers questions from Jesse Newland, Environmental Scientist, EPA Region 8, during a public meeting held to inform citizens on the proposed Static Detonation Chambers on Feb. 12, in Pueblo, Colorado.
    Public Meetings Keep Citizens Informed
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  • First responders treat victims of a simulated explosion during a training exercise. The PCAPP Emergency Response Team, the PCAPP medical team, the Pueblo Chemical Depot and Soldiers from the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division of Fort Carson participated in the event.
    Exercise Tests Response of Pueblo Plant
    PCAPP FEATURED NEWS
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  • Monitoring technicians perform a challenge to air-monitoring equipment, known as MINICAMS, during the Agent Monitoring System Systemization Demonstration Test at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
    Demonstration Shows Monitoring System Functions as Designed
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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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  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot (BGCAPP)
    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

  • Pueblo Plant Progress - January 2019
    Pueblo Plant Progress - January 2019
    February 21, 2019
  • Blue Grass Plant Progress – January 2019
    Blue Grass Plant Progress – January 2019
    February 21, 2019
  • Jan. 30 Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meeting (2019)
    Jan. 30 Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meeting (2019)
    February 21, 2019
  • Practice Keeps Pueblo Plant Prepared
    Practice Keeps Pueblo Plant Prepared
    February 21, 2019
  • Pueblo Plant Progress - December 2018
    January 18, 2019
  • Blue Grass Plant Progress – December 2018
    January 18, 2019

Upcoming Public Involvement Meetings

Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board
June 12, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. EDT
Eastern Kentucky University, Carl D. Perkins Building
4440 Kit Carson Dr.
Richmond, Kentucky
Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission
April 24, 2019 at 6 p.m. MST
McHarg Park Community Center
405 2nd Lane
Avondale, Colorado
Permitting Working Group and Biotreatment Utilization Group
April 24, 2019 at 2 p.m. MST
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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