PCAPP Monthly Recap – February 2019 | Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA)

PCAPP Monthly Recap – February 2019

Published: March 6, 2019 | Category: Monthly Recap, PCAPP News

Highlights

Program Executive Officer, Michael Abaie, named Walton Levi as acting site project manager for PCAPP. Levi will hold the position for 120 days.
Ken Harrawood will replace Bechtel Pueblo Team Project Manager Bret Griebenow on March 25, 2019.
Processing continued during the month through the Projectile/Mortar Disassembly equipment, Munitions Washout System, and Munitions Treatment Unit. In early February, the systems contractor limited processing to 200 rounds per day in order to allow Integrated Facility Demonstrations to be completed within the proposed 110,000 round limit.
As of March 1, 105,874 155mm projectiles have been processed in the main plant.
Baseline Reconfiguration of 4.2-inch boxed mortar rounds from boxed storage to pallets ready for processing continues. As of Feb. 22, 25,394 4.2-inch mortar rounds have been reconfigured.
Public information meetings on the proposed construction and operation of three Static Detonation Chambers (SDC) were held Feb. 11-13. The SDCs will augment PCAPP by destroying a limited portion of the depot’s inventory of chemical munitions that present a problem to destroy in the main plant.

Upcoming Meetings

Permitting Working Group and Biotreatment Utilization Group
March 27, 2019 at 2 p.m. (tentative)
District Attorney’s Conference Room
701 Court St.
Pueblo, Colorado

Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission
March 27, 2019 at 6 p.m. (tentative)
Olde Towne Carriage House
102 S. Victoria Ave.
Pueblo, Colorado

New to PCAPP?

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) is a state-of-the-art facility built to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado. The main plant uses neutralization followed by biotreatment to destroy the mustard agent stockpile. The safety of the workforce and neighboring communities is the project’s most important priority.