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BGCAPP Monthly Recap – September 2019

Published: September 30, 2019 | Category: BGCAPP News, Monthly Recap
BGCAPP Recap September 2019

BGCAPP at a glance September 2019

Highlights

Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) Facility Update:

  • As of Sept. 20, the Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) has destroyed 1.27% of the chemical weapons stockpile in Kentucky.
  • The first mustard-agent projectile was destroyed in the SDC June 7, 2019.
  • Operations continue in accordance with the ramp-up plan. Workers are fine-tuning equipment and processes as they progress through the plan.

Main Plant Update:

  • Systemization and optimization of the facility are underway. Systemization encompasses the planning, technical work, training and testing activities required to ensure that once destruction operations begin, the plant runs safely and smoothly. Once systems have been turned over to the operations team, optimization helps fine-tune and adjust them for their best performance.
  • Nerve-agent destruction operations are expected to start in early 2020, using neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation.
    • Starting early 2020 allows for safety of workers making modifications to rocket processing equipment before chemical agent is introduced into the main plant
    • This shift does not impact the schedule to complete the destruction of the chemical weapons by December 2023
  • Recent accomplishments:
    • Delivery to the plant of isopropyl alcohol, to be used as fuel for the supercritical water oxidation process
    • Preparing for Metal Parts Treater systemization demonstration procedure
    • Preparing for main plant lock-down

Upcoming Meetings

Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board
Dec. 11, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. EDT
Eastern Kentucky University
Carl D. Perkins Building, Rooms A and B
4440 Kit Carson Dr.
Richmond, Kentucky

New to BGCAPP?

The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is a state-of-the-art facility safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky. A Static Detonation Chamber is currently being used to destroy the mustard agent stockpile. The main plant will use neutralization followed by supercritical water oxidation to destroy the nerve agent stockpile. The safety of the workforce, as well as of the neighboring communities, is the project’s most important priority.

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  • Common Technology Making a Difference at Blue Grass

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  • Blue Grass Tops 75% Agent Destroyed

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  • Last Blue Grass Munitions Destruction Campaign Halfway Complete

    Skilled technicians at the Blue Grass plant achieved another key chemical weapons destruction mark Feb. XX when they reached 50% of the GB nerve agent rockets destroyed.

  • Permit Modification Request to Increase Feed Rate Open to Public Comment

    The public is invited to comment on a permit modification request to support the destruction of GB nerve agent rocket warheads at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – January 2023

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  • Busy Start to 2023 Sets Pace for Blue Grass Mission

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  • Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Begins Operations at Blue Grass Plant

    Operators began destroying rocket warheads drained of GB nerve agent using a new piece of equipment, the Static Detonation Chamber 2000, at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Jan. 27.

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  • Public Comment Opportunity for Blue Grass Permit Modifications

    The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, or KDEP, is reviewing two Class 2 permit modification requests that, if approved, could add another tool for the safe destruction of GB nerve agent M55 rockets at the Blue Grass plant.

  • Last Blue Grass Munitions Destruction 25% Complete

    The Blue Grass Chemical-Agent Destruction Pilot Plant team has destroyed 25% of the remaining GB nerve agent rockets as of late November.

  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – November 2022

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  • Surrogate Test Completed at Blue Grass

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  • Blue Grass Plant Plans for Closure

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  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – October 2022

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  • Simulated Warheads Prepared for Systems Testing

    Munitions handlers prepared mock rocket warheads in September for testing the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, units before their operations begin.

  • Blue Grass Plant Marks Secondary Waste Destruction Milestone

    The Blue Grass plant completed one year of hydrolysate shipments Oct. 7.

  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – September 2022

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  • Former Destruction Site Aiding Blue Grass Mission

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  • Half of Blue Grass Chemical Agent Stockpile Destroyed

    The Blue Grass team destroyed 50% of the chemical agent originally stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot as of Sept. 9.

  • ‘Participate in History,’ Blue Grass Seeks New Hires

    The chemical weapons destruction facility in Richmond, Kentucky, is hosting a job fair Sept. 13 and 15.

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  • Public Comment Sought on Blue Grass Permit Modification

    The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, or KDEP, is reviewing a Class 2 permit modification request related to a GB nerve agent M55 rocket processing change at the Blue Grass plant.

  • Blue Grass Welcomes New Commanders

    The Blue Grass Army Depot and Blue Grass Chemical Activity conducted change-of-command ceremonies in July and June, respectively.

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  • Army Official: Work at Blue Grass Plant a ‘Success’

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  • Last Munitions Destruction Campaign Begins at Kentucky Plant

    The first M55 rocket containing GB nerve agent was destroyed at the Blue Grass plant July 6.

  • Rocket Destruction Efficiencies Applied for Final Destruction Campaign

    The Blue Grass team is applying lessons learned during VX nerve agent M55 rocket destruction operations to optimize processing during the upcoming GB nerve agent M55 rocket destruction campaign.

  • Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Monthly Recap – June 2022

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  • Kentucky Event Highlights End of VX Weapons in U.S.

    Government officials, project personnel and citizens gathered in Richmond, Kentucky, to recognize the elimination of all VX nerve agent weapons in the U.S. stockpile June 8.

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  • Changeover Period Begins at Blue Grass Plant

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  • State Regulator Approves Two Blue Grass Permit Modifications

    State officials approved two major hazardous waste permit modifications April 15 for the operation of the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, units.

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  • Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated

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  • U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Transparency Event Held for International Organization

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  • New Tank Safely Lowered Through Roof

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  • Comment Period Open for Public Input on Draft Environmental Permit

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  • First Non-Contaminated Rocket Motor Shipment Completed

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  • Fifty Percent of VX Nerve Agent Destroyed in Kentucky

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  • Facility Prepared to Process Drained Rocket Warheads

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  • First Blue Grass Hydrolysate Shipment Safely Completed

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  • Pentagon Official Visits Blue Grass Plant

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  • State, Local Officials Observe Tanker Loading in Preparation for Hydrolysate Shipment

    State and local officials visited the Blue Grass plant to watch a demonstration of the methods and procedures for loading tankers of hydrolysate Sept. 21.

  • Coordination with Hospitals Essential for Plant Operations

    Following a brief pause in processing while local hospitals were at capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blue Grass plant officials coordinated with additional area hospitals and enhanced coordination with the Blue Grass Chemical Activity and the Madison County Emergency Management Agency/Kentucky Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, or CSEPP, to ensure coverage in the event of an unlikely chemical-agent contamination or industrial accident.

  • Rocket Motors Stored to Await Destruction

    Now that VX rocket destruction has begun, operators are moving non-contaminated rocket motors into temporary storage on the Blue Grass Army Depot prior to their destruction as secondary waste.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – September 2021

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  • All Mustard Agent Projectiles Now Destroyed in Kentucky

    The last 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent were destroyed in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) Sept. 4.

  • Senator McConnell Visits Training Facility

    U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell visited the Duncannon Training Center Aug. 18 for Blue Grass plant and Blue Grass Army Depot briefings and to observe the automated rocket processing equipment in action.

  • New Pollution Abatement System Under Construction

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  • Community Advisory Group Members Tour Training Facility

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  • Rocket Motors Extensively Studied Before Shipment

    The rocket motors that will be shipped to Anniston, Alabama, for destruction were thoroughly studied before the decision was made to ship them from the Blue Grass site.

  • Public Comment Period Open for Hydrolysate Shipment, Rocket Motor Storage

    The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, or KDEP, has tentatively approved and released for public notice two permit modification requests related to hydrolysate disposal and rocket motor storage changes at the Blue Grass plant.

  • First Nerve Agent Rockets Destroyed at Blue Grass Army Depot

    The first M55 rockets containing VX nerve agent were destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) July 9.

  • Decision Made on Disposal of Rocket Motors

    Blue Grass managers provided information on the disposal of non-agent-contaminated rocket motors during a public meeting June 9.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – June 2021

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  • Plant Processes Storage Bottle

    Blue Grass plant automated equipment destroyed a storage bottle containing a small amount of VX nerve agent May 29, following the destruction of the VX 155mm projectiles.

  • Rocket Handling Equipment Turned Over to Operations

    The system used to containerize and package drained rocket warheads at the Blue Grass plant is installed and tested. It was turned over to the operations team May 19.

  • Project Managers to Discuss Hydrolysate Shipment at June 9 Public Meeting

    Blue Grass plant management will provide an update about hydrolysate shipment during an online public meeting June 9.

  • All Nerve Agent Projectiles Now Destroyed at Blue Grass Army Depot

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) team destroyed the last of the 155mm projectiles containing VX nerve agent May 28.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – May 2021

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  • Mustard Munitions Sampled to Meet Treaty Requirements

    Program partners performed a mustard-agent sampling operation in May to fulfill Chemical Weapons Convention treaty requirements.

  • Blue Grass Partner Assists with Conservation Effort

    Environmental experts at the Blue Grass Army Depot are working with several conservation organizations to propagate the American chestnut tree.

  • Blue Grass Plant Destroys 25% of Stockpile in Kentucky

    On April 25, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant officially reached 25% destruction of the original 523 tons of chemical agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot.

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  • Detonation Chamber Assembled and Placed

    Workers at the Blue Grass plant have been stacking, assembling and placing the various components of the detonation chamber for the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 in April.

  • Public Involvement Opportunities for Permit Modification Requests

    The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, or KDEP, has tentatively approved and released for public notice four major permit modification requests related to rocket processing changes at the Blue Grass plant.

  • Decision Made on Hydrolysate Treatment

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  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – March 2021

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  • VX Destruction Requires Change in Air Monitoring

    To support the Blue Grass VX destruction campaign, technicians converted more than 300 air-monitoring machines to detect VX agent last summer.

  • Equipment Placement Continues Despite Harsh Weather

    Workers placed key equipment at the Blue Grass plant’s Static Detonation Chamber 2000 site Feb. 9 even as the area was gripped by winter weather.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – February 2021

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  • March Public Meeting Continues on Online Platform

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  • Drill Enhances Emergency Response

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  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – January 2021

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in January 2021.

  • Comment Period Open for Plant Permit Modification Requests

    Two permit modification requests submitted by the Blue Grass Army Depot in support of Blue Grass plant operations are open for public comment until Feb. 15.

  • Program Partner Plays Key Role in Destruction Activities

    Blue Grass Chemical Activity crews kicked off the VX projectile destruction process by preparing several pallets of 155mm projectiles for delivery to the Blue Grass plant in early January.

  • VX Nerve Agent Destruction Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

    The first munitions containing VX nerve agent were destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Jan. 10.

  • First-Time Filter Change Activity

    Technicians changed the filters in the IONEX 16K charcoal filter unit for the Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology facility for the first time mid-December.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – December 2020

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  • Experts Make Big Lift Look Easy

    A team of experts lifted one of the larger deliveries to the Blue Grass site from a trailer and placed it in a laydown area Dec. 11.

  • Plants Operate with Pandemic Precautions in Place

    Management teams at the Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plants continue to work to reduce risk to the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Depot Workers Assist with Heavy Lifting

    Blue Grass Army Depot workers lent Blue Grass project personnel a hand to help off-load and place shipping containers on the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 site Nov. 10.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – November 2020

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  • Construction Progressing on Storage Magazine

    Workers completed the latest step in the construction of the Earth-Covered Magazine for the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Nov. 6.

  • Readiness Review is Next Step to VX Destruction Campaign

    A team of specialists is preparing the Blue Grass plant for the destruction of VX nerve-agent filled 155mm projectiles.

  • Specialized Equipment Arrives at Blue Grass Plant

    Equipment that will cut M55 rockets to separate the warheads from the motors for processing arrived at the Blue Grass plant Nov. 5 and 6.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – October 2020

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in October 2020.

  • Public Comment Invited on Plant Permit Modification Request

    A Blue Grass Army Depot permit modification to allow off-site shipment of liquid waste resulting from chemical agent destruction is open for public comment through Dec. 14.

  • New Equipment Installed for Training

    Rocket processing equipment installed in a new off-site training center in September is now being used to train workers.

  • Comment Period Open for Plant Permit Modification

    The public comment period for a Blue Grass permit modification ends Nov. 10.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – September 2020

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  • Decision Made Regarding Use of Secondary System

    The Blue Grass supercritical water oxidation system, originally intended for treatment of a specific plant secondary waste, will no longer be used.

  • Public Meeting Changes to Virtual Platform

    The Sept. 23 meeting to provide Blue Grass chemical weapons destruction updates to the public will be held virtually.

  • Half of Blue Grass Mustard Agent Destroyed

    Fifty percent of the mustard agent in the stockpile of chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky has been destroyed as of Sept. 1.

  • Testing Simulated Warheads Assists Destruction Efforts

    Technical experts in Alabama used fuzes recently removed from rocket warheads to test processing parameters and timing for the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber units in mid-August.

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  • Extensive Planning Leads to Successful Operation

    Experts successfully removed fuzes from 30 M56 rocket warheads containing VX chemical agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in late July.

  • Workers Complete Filter Change

    Munitions handlers and a mechanic exchanged air filters for the building that temporarily stores the mustard munitions awaiting destruction in the Static Detonation Chamber Aug. 3.

  • Rocket Processing Changes Lead to Plant Updates

    Technicians are installing new equipment to support changes made to how nerve-agent filled rockets will be processed at the Blue Grass plant.

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  • Blue Grass Welcomes New Commanders

    The first principal deputy at the Blue Grass plant was selected for the position in November.

  • Comment Period Open for Plant Permit Modifications

    Public comments on two Blue Grass permit modifications are due by Aug. 24.

  • New Rocket Processing System Passes Test

    Factory acceptance testing of the new Blue Grass rocket processing equipment successfully concluded in early June.

    “We’re taking care of the areas of the plant that were contaminated with liquid agent or high-agent vapor, mainly the Munitions Washout System room and the Agent Neutralization System room,” said Carl Reagan, operations support manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass.

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  • Workers Start Facility Decontamination

    Technicians are decontaminating and cleaning the Blue Grass facility following the end of the GB 8-inch projectile campaign in May.

    “We’re taking care of the areas of the plant that were contaminated with liquid agent or high-agent vapor, mainly the Munitions Washout System room and the Agent Neutralization System room,” said Carl Reagan, operations support manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass.

  • Work Progressing Quickly at New Destruction Chamber Site

    Workers are advancing placement of two structures on the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 site at the Blue Grass plant.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – May 2020

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  • June 10 Public Meeting Canceled

    The Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board meeting scheduled for June 10 will not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Long History of GB Nerve Agent Projectiles Ends

    The 8-inch GB agent-filled projectiles safely stored and destroyed on the Blue Grass Army Depot originated at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado in the 1960s.

  • Blue Grass Plant Completes First Munitions Destruction Campaign

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) destroyed all 8-inch projectiles containing GB nerve agent May 11. This marks the completion of the first munitions campaign for the project.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – April 2020

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in April 2020

  • Essential Test Complete for Secondary System

    Operators tested the Blue Grass hydrolysate processing system using chemical solutions that simulate real hydrolysate processing during a 30-day shakedown period that ended in early April. This follows a successful system demonstration using water plus isopropyl alcohol in January.

  • Permit Modifications Open for Public Comment Until May 18

    The public has the opportunity to submit comments on new permit modification requests made for the Blue Grass plant until May 18.

  • First Main Plant Treaty Sampling Performed

    A team of Blue Grass plant personnel performed the first sampling of GB nerve agent March 24 to meet treaty requirements.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – March 2020

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in March 2020

  • Blue Grass Plant Starts Vital System

    The first nerve agent was processed through the Blue Grass plant’s Agent Neutralization System March 13.

  • First Concrete Placed at New Site

    Workers placed concrete on the new Static Detonation Chamber 2000 site for the first time March 9.

  • Kentucky Chemical Agent Destruction Plant Makes History

    The Blue Grass plant recently achieved two major milestones, one of which is a first for the chemical demilitarization program.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – February 2020

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in February 2020

  • Custom Equipment Created for Plant Testing

    Scientists created special tools, called thermal dosimeters, for testing Metal Parts Treater temperatures in the Blue Grass main plant.

  • Work Begins on New Destruction Chamber Site

    Workers broke ground Jan. 22 for the site of the new Static Detonation Chamber 2000 designed to supplement the main plant’s nerve-agent destruction process.

  • Plant Permit Status Upgraded

    The Blue Grass main plant is now operating under a standard hazardous waste permit after its status was upgraded in January.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – January 2020

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in January 2020

  • Mustard Destruction System Undergoes Test

    Technicians collected samples and data for a test of the Explosive Destruction Technology emissions system mid-January.

  • Nerve Agent Destruction Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

    Full-scale chemical agent destruction operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) on the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) began Jan. 17 with the destruction of the first 8-inch projectile containing GB nerve agent in the main plant.

  • Supercritical State Achieved for First Time

    The Blue Grass hydrolysate processing system achieved supercriticality for the first time in December during planned system validation.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – December 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in November 2019

  • First Secondary-Waste Shipment Completed

    Operators sent the first shipment of Greater than 1 Vapor Screening Level, or VSL, mustard agent-contaminated waste from the Blue Grass plant to a permitted Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility in Texas this month.

  • Experts Announce Changes to Rocket Processing System

    Project and program management provided information about changes being made to the Blue Grass rocket processing system at a public meeting Dec. 11.

  • Project’s First Principal Deputy Named

    The first principal deputy at the Blue Grass plant was selected for the position in November.

  • Permit Conversion Public Comment Period Open Through Dec. 11

    Public comments on the conversion of the hazardous waste permit for the Blue Grass main plant are due by Dec. 11, 2019.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – November 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in November 2019

  • Processed Munitions Bodies Delivered for Recycling

    Decontaminated projectile bodies processed through the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber are considered clean of chemical agent per U.S. Army standards and delivered to a metal recycling facility for further destruction.

  • Mobile Monitoring Supports Shipment Demonstration

    Technicians used a mobile air-monitoring trailer for the first time to perform sampling during a demonstration of waste shipment activities Oct. 30.

  • Workers Perform Waste Shipment Demonstration

    Blue Grass team members participated in a waste monitoring, packaging and loading dry run Oct. 30.

  • Nerve Agent Destruction Scheduled for Early 2020

    After discussions between the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives and Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, the program decided to move the start of operations for the Blue Grass main plant from late 2019 to early 2020.

  • New Rocket Destruction Process Proposed to Reduce Risk

    Experts are changing the way they will process nerve agent-filled rockets at the Blue Grass plant to bypass part of the system in favor of a simpler, safer technology.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – October 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in October 2019

  • Plant Receives Approval to Begin Site Preparation

    The Blue Grass plant received state approval in early September to begin work for the proposed second Static Detonation Chamber.

  • Plant, Community Practice Emergency Preparedness and Response

    Blue Grass plant workers and personnel from Madison and surrounding counties responded to a simulated chemical event at the Blue Grass Army Depot during an annual preparedness exercise Sept. 18.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – September 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in September 2019

  • Sharp Eyes Assist Environmental Efforts

    A multi-disciplinary team keeps their eyes out for potential environmental issues at the Blue Grass plant.

  • Community Talks Closure at Public Meeting

    Community members discussed the need to properly prepare for Blue Grass plant closure at a Sept. 11 public meeting.

  • Blue Grass Plant Health Assessment Shows No Risk to Public

    This summer, a multi-disciplinary group of experts completed a major assessment required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of any facility with the potential to impact human health and the environment.

  • Secondary Treatment System Undergoes Testing

    Technicians are testing the components of the supercritical water oxidation system, known as SCWO, in preparation for Blue Grass main plant operations.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – August 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in August 2019

  • Minor Permit Modifications Routine Business for Plant

    Blue Grass plant staff distributed a list of minor permit modifications to project stakeholders July 31. The notices are distributed on a quarterly basis.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – July 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in July 2019.

  • Noble Gas Helps Make Protective Containers Service-Ready

    Technicians are using the second element in the periodic table to test containers used to overpack leaking chemical munitions at the Blue Grass Chemical Activity on the Blue Grass Army Depot.

  • Signature Signals Path Forward for Additional Equipment

    The Blue Grass Army Depot commander signed an official document July 1 verifying no significant impact to the environment is anticipated from an action proposed to augment the Blue Grass plant’s processing capability.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – June 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in June 2019.

  • Study Released on Secondary Process Performance

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a report in May regarding the Blue Grass plant’s process to treat hydrolysate.

  • Program Head Introduces New Site Project Manager

    A new Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant site project manager was introduced during the June 12 public meeting of the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board.

  • Destruction of Chemical Weapons Stockpile Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot

    Officials confirmed during a June 12 public meeting that successful destruction of the first mustard agent-filled munition occurred June 7 in a facility built to destroy part of the obsolete U.S. chemical weapons stockpile stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – May 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in April 2019.

  • Environmental Assessment Public Comment Period Open Through June 17

    Public comments on the environmental assessment for a proposed action to augment the Blue Grass plant’s processing of nerve agent munitions are due by June 17, 2019.

  • Stakeholders Recognize Start of Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction at Event

    Hundreds of community members gathered at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Richmond, Kentucky, May 29 to celebrate the impending start of chemical weapons destruction in Kentucky.

  • Public Welcomed to Event Marking Start of Chemical Weapons Destruction in Kentucky

    The public is invited to an event to recognize the start of chemical weapons stockpile destruction in Kentucky.

  • Mustard Agent Destruction Facility Prepares for Operations

    The Static Detonation Chamber facility went on lockdown April 5 in preparation for upcoming operations.

  • International Team Performs Final Review

    Officials from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, toured the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber facility April 1 as part of a final oversight technical review prior to operations.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – April 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in April 2019.

  • Research by Blue Grass Expert Helped Set Testing Standards

    A Blue Grass technician was a major contributor to a testing performance study that led to a change in a Department of Defense testing standard.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – March 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in March 2019.

  • Plant Considers Adding Destruction Equipment

    Program managers discussed the possibility of an additional Static Detonation Chamber, or SDC, for use at the Blue Grass plant during a public meeting March 13.

  • Plant Conducts Air Monitoring for Historical Record

    The Blue Grass Laboratory is collecting data from eight perimeter monitoring locations on the Blue Grass Army Depot outside the footprint of the Blue Grass plant.

  • Crews Begin Training for Munitions Movement

    Munitions delivery operators are training to receive chemical munitions from storage at the Blue Grass Chemical Activity and transport them to the Blue Grass plant to support operations.

  • Plant to Test Equipment with Agent Alternatives

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is preparing to use non-agent simulant and surrogate chemicals to test equipment and systems that will thermally decontaminate nerve-agent projectiles and other agent-related materials.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – February 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in February 2019.

  • Crew Tests Equipment, Procedures with Conventional Munitions

    The first of four crews processed explosive rounds in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass plant Feb. 15.

  • Demonstration Shows Monitoring System Functions as Designed

    Multiple teams working together successfully completed the system demonstration of the Agent Monitoring System in January.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – January 2019

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in January 2019.

  • Specialized Handling Equipment Arrives at Plant

    Workers unloaded a custom vehicle Jan. 18 that will be used to convey containers designed to safely transport chemical munitions within the Blue Grass plant during operations.

  • On-Site Training Prepares Workers for Operations

    Training for workers who will be entering the toxic areas of the Blue Grass plant for maintenance or other duties moved from the Training Center to the plant Jan. 15.

  • Managers Look Forward to Active, Safe Year

    Blue Grass managers are planning a busy 2019 while keeping the primary focus on safety.

  • Blue Grass Experience Helps Sister Site in Colorado

    Lessons learned from the installation and testing of the Blue Grass Static Detonation Chamber are proving beneficial to Pueblo plant staff as they plan to use the units to augment the Colorado facility.

  • Blue Grass Plant Managers Track Year’s Progress

    Systemization, hiring and training were three areas of progress in 2018 highlighted by Blue Grass plant managers during a quarterly public meeting Dec. 12.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – December 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in November 2018.

  • Blue Grass Plant Demonstrates Main Air System

    Technicians processed test munitions through the Static Detonation Chamber for the first time in November.

  • First Test Munitions Processed in Chamber

    Technicians processed test munitions through the Static Detonation Chamber for the first time in November.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – November 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in November 2018.

  • Plant Receives Army Training Rockets

    Analysts are working with munitions-grade hydrolysate to provide more accurate procedures for the testing and processing of the Blue Grass chemical agents.

  • Blood Draws Important for Worker Safety

    A team of experts is providing in-depth reviews of Blue Grass systems to help ensure workers, the community and the environment remain safe during plant testing and operations.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – October 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in September 2018.

  • Government Representatives Begin Around-the-Clock Shifts

    Blue Grass plant government shift representatives, who will provide oversight of the systems contractor from systemization to start-up of the plant, moved to around-the-clock shifts Sept. 30.

  • Laboratory Tests Site-Specific Material

    Analysts are working with munitions-grade hydrolysate to provide more accurate procedures for the testing and processing of the Blue Grass chemical agents.

  • Protective Masks Issued Ahead of Plant Operations

    Workers are now being fitted for standard protective masks in preparation for upcoming Blue Grass plant operations.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – September 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in September 2018.

  • Some Facility Staff Shift to 24/7 Schedule

    The system that will destroy the Blue Grass mustard munitions has expanded its schedule to shiftwork as it ramps up to operations.

  • Manager Proposes Shift in Processing Plans

    A potential change will have the Blue Grass plant processing projectiles containing nerve agent, known as GB or sarin, ahead of the planned order that placed M55 rockets first.

  • Nerve Agent Testing Proposed for Static Detonation Chamber

    Experts at the Blue Grass project are considering using the Static Detonation Chamber facility that will destroy mustard-agent munitions to also complete destruction of problematic nerve-agent munitions.

  • Joint Venture Company Receives National Safety Award

    Blue Grass plant contractor AECOM received the Industry Leader award from the National Safety Council for work performance in 2017.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – August 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in August 2018.

  • Static Detonation Chamber Equipment Now Operating in Remote Mode

    Technicians are remotely operating equipment that will process the Kentucky mustard munitions stockpile.

  • Project Lead Began Demilitarization Career as Intern

    The head of the Blue Grass plant began his 30-year career in chemical weapons demilitarization as an intern at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – July 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in July 2018.

  • Blue Grass Manager, Community Group Discuss Wastewater Plans

    The Blue Grass site project manager and community advisory group members discussed at a recent quarterly public meeting the need to have a back-up plan in place in case the plant’s secondary processing system does not work as planned.

  • More Than Half of Blue Grass Systems Turned Over to Operations

    Blue Grass plant technicians recently completed several additional system demonstrations, bringing the total number of systems turned over to the operations team to 33 of 59.

  • New Commanders Welcomed at Blue Grass

    The Blue Grass Army Depot and Blue Grass Chemical Activity conducted change-of-command ceremonies in June and July.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – June 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in June 2018.

  • Specialists Conduct Nerve Agent Sampling Operation

    A team of experts safely delivered samples of GB nerve agent to Maryland June 6, after a successful sampling operation at the Blue Grass Army Depot.

  • Manager Highlights Vision and Mission at Public Meeting

    The Blue Grass site project manager opened a June 13 quarterly public meeting by introducing program vision and mission statements.

  • Experts Take ‘HEART’ for Blue Grass Process Systems

    A team of experts is providing in-depth reviews of Blue Grass systems to help ensure workers, the community and the environment remain safe during plant testing and operations.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – May 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in May 2018.

  • System Starts Processing 8-inch Test Projectiles

    The Blue Grass start-up team is testing the Munitions Washout System with 8-inch inert projectiles in preparation for its systemization demonstration procedure.

  • Team Works to Ensure Critical Balance

    A start-up team is balancing the Munitions Demilitarization Building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in preparation for chemical-agent destruction operations.

  • Technicians Start Air Filtration System for First Time

    Technicians brought the Explosive Destruction Technology air filtration system online for the first time May 8 at the Blue Grass plant.

  • BGCAPP Monthly Recap – April 2018

    A brief overview of what happened at BGCAPP in April 2018.

  • Water Systems Turned Over to Operations

    Experts deemed two systems that provide water to Blue Grass plant processes ready in March to proceed to the next step toward the destruction of chemical munitions.

  • Blue Grass Embraces Workplace Values

    A toxic entry supervisor with 25 years of experience assisted with training and procedures that led to the Blue Grass plant’s first Toxic Area Training in November.

  • Employee Teams Conduct Safety Event

    Blue Grass team members conducted a safety fair April 11-12 to focus the attention of new hires and project veterans on the unique safety culture required as the organization moves closer to operations that will destroy the chemical weapons stockpile.

  • Experts: 21 Systems Turned Over to Operations

    As of March 21, the systemization team turned over 21 of 59 Blue Grass plant systems to operations.

  • Managers, Community Discuss Hydrolysate Contingency Options

    Working closely with a community group, Blue Grass plant managers are discussing contingency options for processing hydrolysate, the product of the chemical agent and energetics neutralization process.

  • Blue Grass Mustard Munitions Destruction Schedule Accelerated

    Efforts are underway for the Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology to begin operations ahead of the main plant, said plant managers at a March 14 public meeting.

  • Demilitarization Community Board Forms New Working Group

    Community members working with officials at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant have formed a new group to quickly address topics as the plant progresses toward operations.

  • Major Neutralization System Passes Demonstration

    Experts successfully completed the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzers systemization demonstration procedure in February.

  • Specialists Protect Plant Workforce from Physical Hazards

    Industrial hygiene and safety specialists work daily to mitigate health hazards that may exist around the pilot plant.

  • Key Blue Grass Systems Tested

    Technicians are evaluating Metal Parts Treater systems in preparation for a full-system demonstration.

  • Nitrogen Introduced into Blue Grass Plant for First Time

    Technicians introduced gaseous nitrogen into the Blue Grass plant for the first time Jan. 25.

  • Partners Practice Response in Integrated Spill Drill

    Plant and Blue Grass Army Depot participants responded to a mock hydrolysate spill in the Blue Grass Laboratory to practice hazardous-materials clean-up skills Jan. 31.

  • Technicians Use Mist and Light to Test Filters

    Technicians are testing pre-filter banks at the Blue Grass plant to ensure proper filtration and air flow.

  • Team Completes Demonstration of Key System

    The Blue Grass start-up team successfully completed a major test of the Energetics Neutralization System Jan. 12.

  • Depth of Experience Critical to Operations Training

    A toxic entry supervisor with 25 years of experience assisted with training and procedures that led to the Blue Grass plant’s first Toxic Area Training in November.

  • Protective Suit Sealer Ready for Operations

    Machines used to seal chemical demilitarization workers into their protective suits were tested and turned over to operations this month.

  • State Agency Opens Permit Public Comment Period

    Kentucky’s environmental agency has tentatively approved two permit modifications involving the Blue Grass plant, opening a period for public comment Dec. 15.

  • Specialized Suits Protect Workers from Chemical Agent

    Workers who will enter contaminated areas of the Blue Grass plant during operations are now training in suits designed specifically to protect them from exposure to chemical agent.

  • Blue Grass Managers Cite Progress, Speak to Goals

    Blue Grass plant managers looked back at 2017 accomplishments and focused on future goals during a quarterly public meeting Dec. 13.

  • First Toxic Area Training at Blue Grass Plant

    Blue Grass plant personnel participated in the first training class to prepare them to enter contaminated areas of the plant during operations.

  • Rocket Processing Equipment Put Through Its Paces

    Technicians began testing the Blue Grass plant’s Rocket Cutting Machines and their related systems with dummy rockets in November.

  • Oversight Agency Checks Munitions Transport Containers

    State inspectors observed that munitions transport containers contained only related support equipment at the Blue Grass site Nov. 7.

  • U.S. Army Program Keeps Chemical Materials Safe

    Workers who will have access to chemical agent and related materials at the Blue Grass plant are thoroughly checked out through a U.S. Army trustworthiness program.

  • Organic Air Emissions Topic of Kentucky Public Meeting

    The Blue Grass plant submitted a permit modification request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking a storage and treatment permit regarding organic air emissions for the facility.

  • Experts Renew Efforts at Blue Grass Mustard Destruction Project

    Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology personnel have re-started facility work after supplemental funding was received and allocated.

  • Blue Grass Plant Welcomes New Assistant Project Manager

    A new assistant project manager recently joined the Blue Grass team, and he brings more than 15 years of experience in chemical demilitarization.

  • Specialized System Assists in Repetitive Task

    Blue Grass teams recently developed a material-handling system designed to assist technicians with a repetitive, heavy-lifting task.

  • Partners Participate in Emergency Preparedness Exercise

    Multiple organizations and counties participated in an annual exercise Sept. 20 designed to enhance emergency preparedness in the unlikely event of a chemical accident or incident at the Blue Grass Army Depot.

  • Plant Enhancements Prompt Permitting Updates

    Testing of equipment and procedures at the Blue Grass plant has led to an array of enhancements and permitting updates discussed during a public meeting Sept. 13 in Richmond, Kentucky.

  • Team Demonstrates Agent Neutralization System

    The Blue Grass neutralization team finished the systemization demonstration procedure for the Agent Neutralization System Aug. 30.

  • New Program Leader Meets Kentucky Community

    The leader of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program met with Kentucky community members in Richmond, Kentucky during a quarterly public meeting Sept. 13.

  • Air-Handling System Passes Test

    The Blue Grass heating, ventilation and air conditioning, or HVAC, start-up team completed systemization demonstration procedure testing for the Control and Support Building’s air-handling system in August.

  • Conveyor System Turned Over to Operations

    After a systemization demonstration procedure, the Blue Grass systemization team turned over the Tray Handling System to operations Aug. 1.

  • Blue Grass to Use Custom Device for Agent Sampling

    Technicians will use a purpose-built drilling device to access the cavity in 8-inch M426 projectiles to collect samples of GB agent to meet Blue Grass Laboratory needs.

  • Blue Grass Holds GB Sampling Public Meeting

    Blue Grass environmental representatives hosted a public meeting July 19 to support a permit modification request to the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection.

  • New Program Leader Visits Blue Grass Plant

    The new head of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program visited the Blue Grass project the first week of August.

  • Engineers Design Munitions-Monitoring Equipment

    An engineering team has designed a glovebox to monitor M55 rockets, which have motors slated for disposal outside the Blue Grass plant.

  • Blue Grass Emergency Response Teams Train for High-Angle Rescues

    Blue Grass plant medical staff collaborated with the Blue Grass Army Depot Fire Department in June for high-angle rescue training.

  • Blue Grass Plant to Hold Environmental Permitting Meeting July 20

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public availability session to discuss the issuance of a draft Toxic Substances Control Act approval for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at 6 p.m., July 20, at the Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office.

  • Blue Grass Plant Submits Request to Sample Munitions

    The Blue Grass plant submitted a permit modification request to the state environmental agency June 20 to sample 8-inch projectiles containing GB nerve agent.

  • Personnel Prepare for Blue Grass Filter Bank Detector Test

    Blue Grass monitoring and systemization personnel are checking filter-bank monitoring equipment to ensure chemical-agent vapors would be detected and prevented from being released into the atmosphere when the plant is in operations.

  • Blue Grass Plant Leader Outlines Systemization Focus

    The Blue Grass plant’s government lead outlined the focus of systemization and testing activities to be accelerated with the receipt of additional funding during a quarterly public meeting June 14.

  • Blue Grass Lab Tests Rule Out Chemical Interference

    Blue Grass plant scientists are testing chemicals to be used on site to make sure they don’t interfere with chemical agent monitoring.

  • Blue Grass Plant Holds First Public Auction of Excess Items

    Property administrators hosted the first public auction of materials no longer needed by the Blue Grass plant in June to help return money to the project’s contract.

  • First Blue Grass Plant Agent System Turned Over to Operations

    Blue Grass systemization team members turned the system that will collect liquid chemical agent drained from munitions and store it before neutralization over to the operations team in May.

  • Scientists Visit Blue Grass Plant

    Blue Grass plant leadership updated researchers from a national advisory institution on project progress in May.

  • Blue Grass Conducts First Caustic Leak Drill

    Workers suited up to perform the first drill involving simulated leaked caustic at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in April.

  • Portable Purifier Cleans Blue Grass Plant Process Water

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant utility technicians received a portable water demineralizer May 9 to provide clean plant process water for systemization activities.

  • Blue Grass Team Begins Pilot-Test Plan

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant personnel, led by the operations department, began developing a plan required by regulators before pilot testing can occur.

  • Blue Grass, Partner Organizations Host International Ambassadors

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant leaders and program partners welcomed the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council to Kentucky April 3-4.

  • Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology Receives Safety Approval

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Explosive Destruction Technology facility received system and site safety plan approvals in April.

  • Technicians Test Blue Grass Rocket Shear Machine

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) technicians brought another piece of processing equipment online in March as they began testing the Rocket Shear Machine (RSM).

  • Blue Grass Processing Equipment Makes First Move

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) technicians tested the rotation of all three of the Energetics Batch Hydrolyzer (EBH) drums for the first time March 8.

  • Blue Grass Technicians Calibrate Plant Instrumentation

    As part of the systemization phase, technicians are testing and calibrating instruments to prepare the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) for destruction operations.

  • Program Leader Bids Bluegrass Farewell, Offers Advice for Future

    The head of the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program addressed local community members at a quarterly public meeting in Richmond, Kentucky, for the last time prior to his retirement.

  • Blue Grass Management Provides Schedule Update

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant leaders discussed a revised project schedule as part of a progress update to stakeholders in a March 8 quarterly public meeting.

  • Blue Grass Team Looks to Sister Site, Toward Operations

    Employees from the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives headquarters and Pueblo plant gathered in Kentucky Feb. 28 to share information with Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant government staff.

  • Blue Grass Technicians Test Plant Fire-Alarm Systems

    Technicians are testing the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s (BGCAPP) fire detection and prevention systems to prepare for plant operations.

  • Blue Grass Teams Work Together to Reduce Project Costs

    Security and Acquisition Services teams worked together in December 2016 and January 2017 to reduce Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) expenses by more than $14,000 through repurposing unused materials.

  • Blue Grass Paramedics Earn Army Recognition

    Two Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) paramedics received personal recognition from an Army general officer Feb. 13 for their actions in responding to a medical emergency on the BGCAPP site in November 2016.

  • Officials: Kentucky Depot Has Lasting Mission

    The Blue Grass Army Depot, site of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, conducts a variety of missions now, and officials say that will continue after the destruction of chemical weapons is complete, nearly a decade from now.

  • Army Environmental Assessment Team Visits Blue Grass Plant

    Members of a U.S. Army assessment team visited Kentucky Jan. 25 to evaluate environmental compliance status at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).

  • Blue Grass Team Pressure Tests Plant Piping

    Systemization team members are pressure-testing piping systems at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in preparation for operations.

  • Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology Postponed

    Munitions handlers started training with inert projectiles in the Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) Service Magazine in September to support upcoming operations.

  • Blue Grass Plant Leaders Track Year’s Progress, Preview 2017

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) leaders provided updates on 2016 progress during a quarterly public meeting Dec. 14.

  • Blue Grass Medical Staff Goes to 24/7 Response

    Paramedics now provide emergency response to employees on the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • Blue Grass Team Donates to Benefit Soldiers

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) employees donated wish-list items in November and December to Soldiers’ Angels, a non-profit organization that benefits deployed troops and veterans.

  • Blue Grass Team Member Receives Army Acquisition Honor

    A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant employee received top honors through the 2016 Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement Awards program.

  • Blue Grass Team Develops Simulator, Saves Project Funds

    Technicians at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant began the light-off process for part of the pollution abatement system Nov. 1.

  • Blue Grass Plant Hosts Vendor Forum

    Vendors from central Kentucky and across the country attended a Nov. 16 forum in Richmond hosted by Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass.

  • Blue Grass Partners Perform High-Angle Rescue Training

    Firefighters participated in high-angle rescue training by rappelling from the top of storage tanks at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in October.

  • Blue Grass Plant Starts Thermal Oxidizer Light-Off Process

    Technicians at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant began the light-off process for part of the pollution abatement system Nov. 1.

  • Blue Grass Fire Training Goes High Tech

    Technicians are practicing extinguishing fires using an electronic simulator, as part of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s ongoing commitment to safety.

  • Team Members Inspect Blue Grass Fall-Protection Equipment

    Safety personnel are conducting inspections of a fall-protection system designed to keep workers safe at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP).

  • Test Munitions Delivered for Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology Training

    Munitions handlers started training with inert projectiles in the Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) Service Magazine in September to support upcoming operations.

  • Blue Grass Plant Leaders Report Testing Phase More Than Halfway Complete

    Leaders from the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant reported the facility built to destroy chemical weapons in Kentucky is more than halfway finished with its testing phase, known as systemization.

  • Kentucky Emergency Preparedness Exercise Set for Sept. 21

    Several hundred people across ten Kentucky counties will take part in an emergency preparedness exercise related to chemical weapons storage and destruction Sept. 21.

  • Blue Grass Personnel Start Protective Gear Training

    Technicians started preparing to support Explosive Destruction Technology operations by training with specialized protective suits and gear Sept. 12 at the off-site training center’s simulated toxic area.

  • New Blue Grass Satellite Fire Station Declared Ready for Occupancy

    A new fire station constructed on the Blue Grass Army depot is complete and ready for occupancy.

  • Blue Grass Lab Receives Samples, Prepares for Operations

    In August, technicians received samples of hydrolysate, the byproduct created during the chemical munitions destruction process, which were prepared under controlled conditions for use in the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Lab.

  • Regulators Issue Draft Environmental Permits for Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology Facility

    The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 issued three draft permits related to the Explosive Destruction Technology facility at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Aug. 7.

  • Construction Begins on Blue Grass Waste Transfer Station

    Team members began site work for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Waste Transfer Station in July.

  • Blue Grass Completes Explosive Destruction Technology Service Magazine

    Workers at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, or BGCAPP, have completed the first building on the Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) project.

  • New Blue Grass Human Resources Manager Provides Wealth of Experience

    A new human resources manager joined the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team in June.

  • Blue Grass Clean Air Act Permit Renewal Requested

    As part of standard procedure, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant requested a renewal of the plant’s Title V air permit from the Kentucky Division for Air Quality.

  • Start-Up Team Tests Generators at Kentucky Plant

    Systemization team members are testing Standby Diesel Generators at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, in order to provide adequate power to the site in an emergency.

  • Blue Grass Plant Refurbishes Munitions Transport Containers, Saves Millions

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant maintenance personnel are refurbishing protective devices that will be used to transport chemical munitions from their secure storage to the plant.

  • Blue Grass Welcomes New Commanders

    The Blue Grass Army Depot and Blue Grass Chemical Activity conducted change-of-command ceremonies in June.

  • Blue Grass Plant Schedule, Rocket Motor Disposal Focus of Public Meeting

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant leaders discussed project schedule and disposal of non-contaminated rocket motors during a quarterly public meeting at Eastern Kentucky University June 8.

  • Blue Grass Plant Partners Begin Training for Safe Loading of Chemical Munitions

    Blue Grass Chemical Activity personnel began training with dummy munitions in May to get ready for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Explosive Destruction Technology operations.

  • Blue Grass Plant Completes Baseline Groundwater Sampling

    Workers completed the last of four quarterly sampling activities in April to determine a baseline to protect the freshwater aquifer that flows underneath the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

  • Blue Grass Plant Munitions Washout Elimination Study Released

    A report examining the effects of removing a step when processing munitions at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant was released May 25 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

  • Blue Grass Plant Moves Property Disbursement to Richmond Mall

    With almost $4 million in excess property distributed so far, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant moved its property disbursement program from the project site to the Richmond Mall in April to facilitate the program’s efficiency.

  • Blue Grass Plant Expands Richmond Mall Operations

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant project is now occupying an additional 12,000 square feet of office space in the Richmond Mall in Richmond, Kentucky.

  • Blue Grass Plant Medical Facility Now Operational

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s Medical Facility opened its doors for full project support April 11.

  • First Modules Arrive for Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology Support Facility

    Three modules for the Explosive Destruction Technology Outside Operations Support Facility, or O2SF, arrived at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant April 9.

  • Perimeter Air Monitoring System Installed as Additional Safety Measure at Blue Grass Plant

    Workers completed installation of an air-monitoring system in March which places monitors between the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant and the Blue Grass Army Depot installation boundary.

  • Kentucky Governor Signs Blue Grass Plant Waste Code Bill into Law

    Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin signed into law a bill requesting a change to the way Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) process waste will be designated under the state’s waste codes April 6.

  • Blue Grass Plant Managers Update U.S. Senate Majority Leader

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant leaders met with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell March 23 at Eastern Kentucky University to provide an update on chemical weapons destruction.

  • Compressed-Air System Testing Underway at Blue Grass Plant

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) systemization team is testing the plant’s compressed air system, which will perform three main functions while the plant is in operations.

  • Blue Grass Plant Streamlines Start-Up Management for Systemization

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant recently changed start-up team management to allow the plant’s start-up manager to more closely focus on top-level systemization oversight.

  • Blue Grass Plant Leaders Discuss Project Progress with Community

    Community members learned about Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant systemization efforts and Explosive Destruction Technology facility progress as part of a quarterly public meeting March 9.

  • Blue Grass Plant Partners with Local University for Hiring

    Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, the joint-venture company responsible for the design, construction, systemization, operation and closure of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, partnered with Eastern Kentucky University for a student job fair March 2.

  • Biologist Maintains Native Grasslands Around Blue Grass Plant

    For more than 30 years, one Commonwealth of Kentucky employee has ensured prairie remnants – grasslands of native Kentucky species – flourish on the Blue Grass Army Depot.

  • New Ambulance Arrives at Blue Grass Plant

    A new ambulance purpose-built for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant arrived Feb. 1.

  • Blue Grass Plant Performs Testing and Verification Activities

    Members of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant start-up team are performing pre-commissioning and commissioning activities on equipment in preparation for operations.

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army Visits Blue Grass Plant

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Katherine Hammack visited the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Jan. 13 to learn more about progress toward chemical weapons destruction in Kentucky.

  • Blue Grass Plant Welcomes New County Emergency Management Agency Director

    The Madison County Emergency Management Agency has a new director who is continuing the county’s partnership with the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, the Blue Grass Chemical Activity and the Blue Grass Army Depot.

  • Blue Grass Site Project Manager Discusses 2016 Goals

    The Blue Grass Chemical-Agent Destruction Pilot Plant site project manager expects 2016 to be a year of important milestones at the main plant and Explosive Destruction Technology site.

  • First Structural Steel Goes Up on Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology Enclosure Building

    Workers installed the first structural steel for the Explosive Destruction Technology Enclosure Building at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Dec. 29.

  • Community Gets Blue Grass Plant Update, Glance Ahead

    Members of the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board looked back at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s 2015 accomplishments during a quarterly meeting Dec. 9.

  • Blue Grass Project Recycling Program Benefits Soldiers

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has continued its focus on sustainability by recycling materials valued at almost $100,000 so far in 2015, benefiting U.S. Army Soldiers’ morale, welfare and recreation through a multi-agency program.

  • Test Munitions Arrive at Blue Grass Plant

    A truckload of simulated chemical weapons, specifically inert M55 rockets, arrived at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Dec. 8.

  • Blue Grass Team Makes Progress at Explosive Destruction Technology Site

    The Blue Grass Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) site is now recognizable following the placement of structure foundations and construction of the shell of the EDT Service Magazine.

  • Blue Grass Project Submits Permit Revision, Encourages Public Involvement

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant submitted a request Nov. 12, 2015, to the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection for a revision to the project’s Research, Development and Demonstration permit.

  • Blue Grass Scientists Provide Update on Supercritical Water Oxidation Activities

    Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant scientists briefed Secondary Waste Working Group community stakeholders Nov. 10 about supercritical water oxidation activities and their progress on a recent study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

  • Blue Grass Team Requests Permit Changes for Treaty Sampling

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team requested a permit modification from Kentucky regulators Nov. 2 to sample and verify mustard agent as part of an international pledge to destroy chemical weapons.

  • New Manager Leads Blue Grass Systems Contract

    The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team welcomed Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass project manager Ron Hink Nov. 2. He replaces Doug Omichinski, who was appointed Bechtel’s corporate manager of construction in Houston, Texas.

  • Blue Grass Plant Completes Construction Safely, On Schedule

    The United States is one step closer to destroying weaponized nerve and mustard agent stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot, near Richmond, Kentucky, after completing construction of the 19-acre Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant facility in October 2015.

  • Crews Prepare Site for Static Detonation Chamber

    Construction is ramping up on the Explosive Destruction Technology site, which will augment the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant by destroying the mustard agent stockpile stored at the depot.

  • Blue Grass Project Saves Government Millions Through Property Transfers

    Blue Grass plant property managers are transferring equipment that is no longer needed on the project to other government agencies.

  • Blue Grass Plant Engineer Sparks Students’ Interest

    A Blue Grass engineer found a way to share her passion for art and science during a visit to a local school and said she’s now a convert to education outreach.

  • Blue Grass Training Department Transitions as Project Does

    Chuck Mecham gets to lift people up, take them down, be confined with them in tight spaces and run them in zig-zags, all in the name of chemical weapons destruction.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, August 2015

    Blue Grass plant personnel are enhancing auxiliary systems to the Energetics Neutralization Reactors to decrease formation of hydrogen cyanide and keep the workforce safe.

  • Blue Grass Engineers Reach Out to Local Students

    Even as summer winds down, many kids are more focused on finding the nearest pool than planning their future career paths. However, Blue Grass plant engineers are making a big splash in the classroom as they show students that science and engineering occupations are cool.

  • Protecting Human Health and Environment is Top Priority

    Keeping Kentucky’s air, water and land clean is extremely important to Blue Grass plant personnel. To that end, the project partners with the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection to ensure the project meets or exceeds all of the commonwealth’s environmental regulations.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, July 2015

    The Factory Acceptance Testing of the Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) is the focus of this month’s project update. The SDC has been selected to destroy the mustard munitions of the Blue Grass stockpile. Site preparation and construction is ongoing, while the fabrication and testing of the actual unit is being conducted overseas.

  • Oversight Helps Reduce Risk at Blue Grass Plant

    July 10, 1926, was a very bad time for northern New Jersey. That was the day a bolt of lightning set off more than 600,000 tons of explosives stored at the Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition Storage Depot on the Picatinny Arsenal. The resulting massive explosion killed almost two dozen people, injured more than 50, completely destroyed 200 buildings and cost almost $650 million in today’s dollars.

  • Blue Grass Plant Partners Planning Ahead to Meet International Treaty Requirements

    The safety and security of the United States’ chemical weapons stockpile is of utmost concern to people the world over, even during its disposal. To this end, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant rigorously supports the United States’ compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, June 2015

    This month’s project update looks at the Personnel Maintenance Building currently under construction at the Blue Grass plant.

  • Blue Grass Advisory Commission Chair a Driving Force Behind Community Involvement

    Dr. Doug Hindman feels he has a duty to his community. “I have been a social activist almost all of my life,” said Hindman. “It has always been my way to give people a voice to try to make things better for the community. I took great interest when I heard it was planned for chemical weapons to be destroyed right here in Madison County.”

  • Workforce Changes as Blue Grass Project Shifts Into Systemization

    Just as the appearance of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has changed over the last few years, so has the makeup of the project’s workforce.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, May 2015

    In the spotlight this month is the Medical Facility, currently under construction at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

  • A Day in the Life of a Blue Grass Safety Specialist

    What’s important to James Duncan is simple: keeping people safe. As the safety specialist for the Explosive Destruction Technology project, which will destroy the mustard-agent munitions in the Blue Grass stockpile, Duncan is in the position to do just that.

  • Where Does the Blue Grass Plant Get its Water?

    This question is often asked by environmentally concerned neighbors, land owners and other project stakeholders when they consider the neutralization processes that will be used by the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, April 2015

    This month’s project update focuses on the plenums currently under construction in the Munitions Demilitarization Building at the Blue Grass plant.

  • ‘Turnover Phil’ Brings 40 Years of Mechanical Experience to Blue Grass Plant

    Equipment turnover to the systemization team is, one might say, a mechanical process for one Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant mechanical field engineer.

  • Blue Grass Partners: Shared Mission, Shared Resources

    What do the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, the Blue Grass Army Depot and the Blue Grass Chemical Activity all have in common? They all are essential Blue Grass project partners and provide many resources for the safe destruction of the chemical munitions stored at the depot near Richmond, Kentucky.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, March 2015

    This month’s project update focuses on the Container Handling Building (CHB) currently under construction at the Blue Grass plant. Once the plant is operational, the CHB will provide a safe and secure storage area as the chemical munitions’ first stop at the plant.

  • Blue Grass Army Depot Provides Enhanced Emergency Response

    The Blue Grass project has a very well-trained and skilled emergency response team, ready to respond to just about any kind of accident or incident one can imagine on a large, industrial construction site. But back-up is always available when requested.

  • Blue Grass Small-Business Advocate Mentors Vendors to Success

    For small businesses and local vendors to successfully support the Blue Grass chemical weapons destruction project, the key is communication.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, February 2015

    Installation of communications equipment is this month’s focus on progress at the Blue Grass construction site. Consisting of telecommunications equipment and a public address system, this effort will allow for one- and two-way communications in and around the pilot plant.

  • The BGCAPP Team’s 2015 New Year’s Resolutions

    How does one follow such a busy year as the Blue Grass project had in 2014? With an even more focused one in 2015! As construction is nearing completion, systemization is ramping up.

  • News from the BGCAPP Construction Site, January 2015

    This year, as project focus shifts from construction to systemization, this monthly progress article will highlight pertinent project updates.

  • Safety Culture Leads to Blue Grass Project Recertification

    “By far, this is the safest job site I have ever been on,” said electrician Bobby Dehart. Dehart said that the reason he feels so comfortable on this industrial construction project is because of the Blue Grass plant’s safety culture that led to the project’s recertification under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.

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