
Highlights
- Acting Site Project Manager Walton Levi announced on April 1, 2019, that 25% of the mustard agent stockpile stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot had been destroyed by PCAPP.
- Members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council visited PCAPP April 8-9, 2019, receiving updates on plant progress, touring the PCAPP Training Facility as well as parts of the main plant and meeting with U.S. officials, who restated their commitment to achieving 100% destruction of the stockpile safely by 2023.
- The first Integrated Facility Demonstration occurred April 12, 2019, with 310 rounds processed in five hours. The second occurred on April 16, with 328 rounds processed in five hours. The third demonstration was completed on April 23, with 1,073 155mm munitions processed through the Munitions Treatment Units.
- As of April 19, 120,646 155mm projectiles had 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 April 19, 31,390 4.2-inch mortar rounds have been reconfigured.
Upcoming Meetings
Permit Modification and Static Detonation Chambers Public Information Meeting
May 7, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. MDT
Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office
104 W. B St.
Pueblo, Colorado
Static Detonation Chambers Public Information Meeting
May 13, 2019, at 5 p.m. MDT
Boone Community Center
421 E. First St.
Boone, Colorado
Static Detonation Chambers Public Information Meeting
May 15, 2019, at 5 p.m. MDT
McHarg Park Community Center
405 2nd Lane
Avondale, Colorado
Permitting and Biotreatment Utilization Group Meeting
May 29, 2019, at 2 p.m. MDT
District Attorney’s Conference Room
701 Court St.
Pueblo, Colorado
Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meeting
May 29, 2019, at 6 p.m. MDT
Olde Towne Carriage House
102 S. Victoria Ave.
Pueblo, Colorado
New to PCAPP?
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant 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.