Permit Adds Flexibility to Blue Grass Closure Activities
Waste Management Team Carrying the Load During Blue Grass Closure
Demolition Begins at Anniston Support Facility
Regulators Affirm First Reuse Readiness Report at Pueblo Plant
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – April 2025
Pueblo Plant Donates Laboratory Equipment to Educational Institutions
Blue Grass Plant Workforce Reaches Key Closure Point
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – April 2025
Pueblo Plant Tests Innovations in Safety Headgear
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – March 2025
Pueblo Plant Begins Reduction of Agent Monitoring System
Pueblo Plant Workforce Reduction Reaches Key Point
Alabama Facility Boosted Demil Missions in Colorado and Kentucky
Anniston Completes Destruction of Last Rocket Motors from Kentucky
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – March 2025
Unventilated Monitoring Tests Advance Blue Grass Plant Closure
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – February 2025
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – February 2025
Blue Grass Outage Provides Retrain, Retool, Refocus Opportunity
Wildlife Tracking at Pueblo Plant Important for Safety and Schedule
Permit Adds Flexibility to Blue Grass Closure Activities
Waste Management Team Carrying the Load During Blue Grass Closure
Demolition Begins at Anniston Support Facility
Regulators Affirm First Reuse Readiness Report at Pueblo Plant
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – April 2025
Pueblo Plant Donates Laboratory Equipment to Educational Institutions
Blue Grass Plant Workforce Reaches Key Closure Point
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – April 2025
Pueblo Plant Tests Innovations in Safety Headgear
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – March 2025
Pueblo Plant Begins Reduction of Agent Monitoring System
Pueblo Plant Workforce Reduction Reaches Key Point
Alabama Facility Boosted Demil Missions in Colorado and Kentucky
Anniston Completes Destruction of Last Rocket Motors from Kentucky
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – March 2025
Unventilated Monitoring Tests Advance Blue Grass Plant Closure
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – February 2025
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – February 2025
Blue Grass Outage Provides Retrain, Retool, Refocus Opportunity
Wildlife Tracking at Pueblo Plant Important for Safety and Schedule
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Permit Adds Flexibility to Blue Grass Closure Activities
Waste Management Team Carrying the Load During Blue Grass Closure
Demolition Begins at Anniston Support Facility
Regulators Affirm First Reuse Readiness Report at Pueblo Plant
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – April 2025
Pueblo Plant Donates Laboratory Equipment to Educational Institutions
Blue Grass Plant Workforce Reaches Key Closure Point
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – April 2025
Pueblo Plant Tests Innovations in Safety Headgear
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – March 2025
Pueblo Plant Begins Reduction of Agent Monitoring System
Pueblo Plant Workforce Reduction Reaches Key Point
Alabama Facility Boosted Demil Missions in Colorado and Kentucky
Anniston Completes Destruction of Last Rocket Motors from Kentucky
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – March 2025
Unventilated Monitoring Tests Advance Blue Grass Plant Closure
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – February 2025
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – February 2025
Blue Grass Outage Provides Retrain, Retool, Refocus Opportunity
Wildlife Tracking at Pueblo Plant Important for Safety and Schedule
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2,613.2 U.S. TONS
OF AGENT DESTROYED
523.4 U.S. TONS
OF AGENT DESTROYED
Our Mission…

U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destroyed

July 7, 2023

BGCAPP

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP)

BGCAPP completed destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky in July 2023.

PCAPP

Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP)

PCAPP completed destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado, in June 2023.

ACWA

What is PEO ACWA?

The Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, or PEO ACWA, was responsible for the safe and environmentally compliant destruction of the remaining U.S. chemical weapons stockpile.

Recent Videos

  • April 30 Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizen's Advisory Commission Meeting (2025)
    May 1, 2025
  • Anniston Completes Destruction Support to Colorado and Kentucky
    April 4, 2025
  • March 5 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and CDCAB Meeting (2025)
    March 6, 2025
  • Feb. 26 Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizen's Advisory Commission Meeting (2025)
    February 27, 2025
  • Well Suited for the Job at the Pueblo Plant
    February 24, 2025
  • Closing the Final Chemical Demilitarization Facilities: 2024 Year in Review
    February 4, 2025

Upcoming Public Involvement Meetings

  • Permitting Working Group and Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meetings will be held on June 25, 2025, at 3 p.m. MT.

    Online platform: Zoom
    Phone: 1 (719) 359-4580 Meeting ID: ‪84351934182#

    For information, please contact the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant outreach staff at (520) 687-1713 or pueblooutreach@iem.com

  • Permitting Working Group and Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meetings will be held on Aug. 27, 2025, at 3 p.m. MT.

    Online platform: Zoom
    Phone: 1 (719) 359-4580 Meeting ID: ‪84351934182#

    For information, please contact the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant outreach staff at (520) 687‑1713, or pueblooutreach@iem.com

  • Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board Meeting will be held on Sept. 3, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. ET in Rooms A and B of Eastern Kentucky University’s Carl D. Perkins Building on Kit Carson Drive in Richmond. It also will be livestreamed online on the PEO ACWA YouTube and Facebook pages.

    For information, please contact Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant outreach staff at (800) 277-6819, or bgoutreach@iem.com.

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Skyler L

“A lot of people are involved in the entire operation and we all should feel a sense of accomplishment.”

Ashley K.
BGCAPP waste manager
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“The one thing all of us will take with us is the people.”

Lynn S.
BGCAPP SDC 1200 work control maintenance planner
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“I am proud to be a small part of the effort to rid the world of chemical weapons.”

Rickey H.
BGCAPP SDC 2000 area supervisor
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“I’m proud to have been a small part of each site!”

Jennifer C.
BGCAPP treaty compliance coordinator
Slide 2

“Closure is sad, but rewarding, no matter the location. It’s exciting to close the plant, but sad to see the facility and your colleagues go.”

David M.
PCAPP Cognizant systems engineer
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“We destroyed the stockpile at Anniston and shared our expertise with other demil sites.”

Rick A.
PCAPP B Crew Control Room Operator
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“It’s good to work with people with experience from sites across the nation.“

Eric B.
PCAPP plant specialist
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Mr. Timothy K. Garrett

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to be able to say that we did something extremely important for the country.”

Tim Garrett
PEO ACWA director of field operations
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“To be able to stay on with the ACWA program and complete the entire stockpile was incredibly rewarding.”

Brian B.
AFO plant manager
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