
Highlights
- Aug. 7 marked the first two-woman entry at PCAPP. The women donned Demilitarization Protective Ensembles to perform maintenance on the Munitions Washout System.
- The 45-day public comment period for the Environmental Assessment on the proposed installation and operation of one or more Static Detonation Chambers at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot began Aug. 22.
- Pilot testing continues in the main plant. As of Aug. 24, a total of 53,167 155mm projectiles have been destroyed.
- The second campaign by the PCAPP Explosive Destruction System began 25 June. As of Aug. 24, a total of 63 155mm projectiles, 50 105mm projectiles, six 4.2-inch mortar rounds and seven M-70 bombs, recovered from Solid Waste Management Unit 13 on U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot grounds, have been destroyed.
- Baseline Reconfiguration operations continue. As of Aug. 24, a total of 8,196 4.2-inch mortar rounds have been reconfigured.
Upcoming Meetings
Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission
Sept. 26, 2018 at 6 p.m.
Boone Community Center
421 E. First Street
Boone, Colorado
Permitting Working Group and Biotreatment Utilization Group
Sept. 26, 2018 at 2 p.m.
District Attorney’s Conference Room
701 Court St.
Pueblo, Colorado
New to PCAPP?
PCAPP is a state-of-the-art facility built to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo, Colorado. The main plant will use neutralization followed by biotreatment to destroy the mustard agent stockpile, and the Explosive Destruction System will destroy problematic rounds not well-suited for the plant’s automated equipment. The safety of the workforce, as well as of the neighboring communities, is the project’s most important priority.