Briefings/Updates
ACWA Quarterly Brief
BGCAPP Monthly Status Briefings
2023
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
PCAPP Monthly Status Briefings
2023
2022
2020
2018
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
Dialogue Meeting Summaries
- Dialogue Meeting Summary, Edgewood, Maryland June 5-6, 2002
- Dialogue Meeting Summary, Lexington, Kentucky Jan. 25-26, 2001
- Dialogue Meeting Summary, Pueblo, Colorado Nov. 1-3, 2000
- Dialogue Meeting Summary, Portland, Oregon March 14-15, 2000
- Dialogue Meeting Summary,Washington, D.C. July 12-14, 1998
- Dialogue Meeting Summary, Anniston, Alabama May 3-4, 1998
- Dialogue Meeting Summary, Baltimore, Maryland June 30-July 2, 1997
Environmental Activities
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Colorado Specific Environmental Activities
Colorado RCRA and Air Permit Meeting
- Notice of Comment Period Extension
- Environmental Assessment: Proposed Installation and Operation of Explosive Destruction System and Explosive Destruction Technology at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo, Colorado, February 2010 – Withdrawn Sept. 13, 2010
Colorado Environmental Working Integrated Process Team (WIPT) Meeting Summaries
Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission Meeting Summaries
The PCAPP Public Involvement Meetings Summaries archive features summaries of Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission (CAC) Meetings. Some files also include summaries of related Permitting Working Group and Biotreatment Utilization Group meetings.
Kentucky Specific Environmental Activities
Information Papers
- Pueblo Design Alternatives Analysis #3 (Updated Feb. 25, 2004)
- Pueblo Design Alternatives Analysis #2 (Updated Jan. 22, 2004)
- Pueblo Design Alternatives Analysis #1 (Jan. 14, 2004)
Press Releases
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program
- Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Mission Halfway Complete, June 25, 2020
- Program Executive Officer Assumes Charter for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program, Nov. 29, 2018
- Program Executive Officer Announced for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program, June 19, 2017
- Whyne Honored with Presidential Distinguished Rank Award, Jan. 2, 2014
- Site Project Manager Selected to Lead Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Dec. 3, 2014
- PEO ACWA Chief of Staff Earns ‘Order of the Dragon’, Nov. 4, 2013
- Explosive Destruction System Selected to Augment Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, April 18, 2013
- No Significant Environmental Impacts to Result from Installation and Operation of Explosive Destruction Technology at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Aug. 13, 2012
- Public Comment Period Extended to June 7 on Pueblo Chemical Depot Environmental Assessment, May 4, 2012
- Department of Defense Approves New Cost and Schedule Estimates for Chemical Weapons Destruction Plants, April 17, 2012
- Pueblo Chemical Depot Completes Environmental Assessment, April 9, 2012
- Permanent Leadership of Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Announced, Jan. 24, 2012
- Site Project Manager Selected to Lead Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, May 13, 2011
- Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Management to Change Hands, Nov. 10, 2010
- New Path Forward Charted for Explosive Destruction Technologies at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Sept. 13, 2010
- Follow ACWA on Facebook and Twitter, Sept. 1, 2010
- Public Comment Period Extended to April 30 on Pueblo Chemical Depot Environmental Assessment, April 1, 2010
- Pueblo Chemical Depot Completes Environmental Assessment, Feb. 26, 2010
- The Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Reflects on 2009, Jan. 6, 2010
- Department of Defense Leader Lauds Edgewood Area Agencies, Nov. 26, 2009
- Department of Defense Leader Lauds Edgewood Area Agencies, Nov. 26, 2009
- Jan 15 Information Meeting Scheduled to Discuss Safe Destruction of Blue Grass Army Depot Steel Containers, Jan. 8, 2008
- U.S. Army Element Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Activated, Nov. 30, 2007
- Program Manager Named, Sept. 25, 2007
- Interim Program Manager Named, March 28, 2007
- Novad Awarded Civilian Service Honor, Dec. 13, 2006
- Alabama, Maryland and Ohio Teams Support Testing for Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction, Jan. 21, 2004
BGCAPP Press Releases
- Public Event to Mark the Completion of Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destruction set for Oct. 11, Oct. 2, 2023
- Static Detonation Chamber 2000 Begins Operations at Blue Grass Plant, Jan. 27, 2023
- First GB Nerve Agent Rocket Destroyed at Kentucky Plant, July 7, 2022
- Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated, April 20, 2022
- All Mustard Agent Projectiles Now Destroyed in Kentucky, Sept. 7, 2021
- First Nerve Agent Rockets Destroyed at Blue Grass Army Depot, July 12, 2021
- All Nerve Agent Projectiles Now Destroyed at Blue Grass Army Depot, June 1, 2021
- Blue Grass Plant Destroys 25% of Chemical Agent Stockpile in Kentucky, April 29, 2021
- VX Nerve Agent Destruction Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot, Jan. 11, 2021
- Nerve Agent Destruction Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot, Jan. 21, 2020
- No Significant Environmental Impact Anticipated from Additional Chemical Weapons Destruction Equipment, July 25, 2019
- Destruction of Chemical Weapons Stockpile Begins at Blue Grass Army Depot, June 12, 2019
- Start of Agent Operations in Kentucky Commemorated in May 29 Event, May 30, 2019
- Public Comment Period Opens for Blue Grass Army Depot Environmental Assessment, May 16, 2019
- Event to Mark the Start of Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destruction Set for May 29, May 15, 2019
- Chemical Weapons Facility Prepares for Operations, March 21, 2019
- Chemical Weapons Facility to Test Public Address System, Nov. 30, 2015
- Hink to direct Bechtel Parsons’ work at Blue Grass chemical weapons destruction plant, Nov. 2, 2015
- Chemical Weapons Facility Announces Construction Complete, Oct. 28, 2015
- Chemical Weapons Facility’s Control Room Becomes Fully Operational, July 20, 2015
- Chemical Weapons Destruction Plant Achieves 90 Percent Construction Complete Milestone at Year’s End, Dec. 16, 2014
- Workers set environmental exhaust stacks at chemical weapons destruction plant, Feb. 4, 2014
- Chemical weapons destruction plant reaches 75 percent construction complete milestone, Dec. 10, 2013
- Work begins for incorporating use of explosive destruction technology at weapons demilitarization plant, Nov. 12, 2013
- No significant environmental impacts to result from installation and operation of explosive destruction technology at Blue Grass Army Depot, Oct. 24, 2013
- Public comment period extended to Aug. 23 for Blue Grass Army Depot environmental assessment, July 23, 2013
- Blue Grass Army Depot Completes Environmental Assessment, June 25, 2013
- Omichinski to lead Bechtel Parsons’ work at weapons destruction plant, May 14, 2013
- Chemical weapons facility completes major structural steel on main processing building, Feb. 14, 2013
- Destruction plant’s first nerve agent rocket disassembly machine approved for shipment, May 21, 2012
- Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Plant Workforce Honored for Safety Recognition, Jan. 18, 2012
- Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Plant Receives National Safety Recognition, Nov. 14, 2011
- Main destruction equipment installed at Blue Grass chemical plant, Oct. 12, 2011
- Officials declare Blue Grass Destruction Plant Fire Water Pump House operational, May 26, 2011
- Collins Receives Meritorious Civilian Service Award, March 31, 2011
- Blue Grass Facility to Gain Specialized Shipment Containers, Nov. 29, 2010
- Design of Complex Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility Concludes as Construction Progress Continues to Change the Skyline, July 29, 2010
- Army Construction Project Works Nearly Seven Years with Zero Lost-time Safety Record, March 25, 2010
- First Month of 2010 Chalks Up Two Firsts for Blue Grass Chemical Weapons Destruction Plant, Feb. 1, 2010
- Blue Grass Chemical Demilitarization Plant “Goes Vertical” With First Structural Steel, Sept. 17, 2009
- New BGCAPP Site Project Manager Assumes Leadership Role, July 20, 2009
- Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant to Welcome New Site Project Manager in July, March 11, 2009
- Waste Shipment from Operation Swift Solution Answers Treaty Obligations, Feb. 26, 2009
- First Major Concrete Placement Begins for Munitions Demilitarization Building at BGCAPP, Feb. 18, 2009
- Chemical Weapons Destruction Project Leases Office Space in Richmond Mall, Feb. 9, 2009
- Acting Site Project Manager Named for Chemical Weapons Destruction Pilot Plant, Feb. 2, 2009
- Operation Swift Solution: Nerve Agent Liquid in Containers Successfully Neutralized, Dec. 18, 2008
- Community Chemical Weapons Groups to Hold Public Meeting on June 10, June 9, 2008
- Community Chemical Weapons Board to Meet March 11, March 4, 2008
- Groundbreaking Open House Scheduled for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Oct. 28, Oct. 23, 2006
- Construction Request for Proposals posted on Internet, Jan. 18, 2006
- Government Deputy Site Project Manager Selected, Nov. 3, 2005
- Bechtel Names Chris Haynes to Manage Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction Project, Oct. 31, 2005
- Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Destruction Project Granted Environmental Research, Development and Destruction Permit, Oct. 4, 2005
- Public Invited to Information Session on the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, July 12, 2005
- Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board to Meet May 24, May 10, 2004
- Government Site Project Manager Selected to Lead Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, April 22, 2004
- CDCAB to meet on Feb. 23, Feb. 11, 2004
- Outreach Office announces move, Jan. 29, 2004
- Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board to Hold First Meeting, Oct. 16, 2003
- Open House Scheduled to Introduce Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass Team to Community, Sept. 23, 2003
- Systems Contract Awarded for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, June 13, 2003
- Alternative technology chosen to destroy Kentucky chemical weapons stockpile, Feb. 12, 2003
- Alternative technology named ‘agency preferred alternative’ to destroy Kentucky chemical weapons stockpile, Nov. 20, 2002
PCAPP Press Releases
- Two Down, One to Go: Pueblo Plant Completes Second of Three Chemical Weapons Destruction Campaigns, July 20, 2022
- Special Event: Pueblo Plant Completes Second of Three Chemical Weapons Destruction Campaigns, July 18, 2022
- Final Chemical Weapons Destruction Campaign Begins in Pueblo, Feb. 19, 2022
- 75% of Mustard Agent in Pueblo Destroyed, July 1, 2021
- Pueblo Plant Begins 105mm Projectile Destruction Campaign, Dec. 12, 2020
- Pueblo Plant Completes First Munitions Destruction Campaign, Sept. 5, 2020
- U.S. Government Extends Bechtel Contract for Chemical Weapons Destruction, April 1, 2020
- Mustard Agent Vapor Detected, Nov. 13, 2019
- Site Project Manager Selected to Lead Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, June 29, 2019
- International treaty council visits Pueblo chemical weapons destruction facility, April 9, 2019
- Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) Celebrates Milestone for Chemical Agent Demilitarization Operations, April 1, 2019
- Chemical Agent Destruction Plant Safely Neutralizes 100,000 Chemical Weapons, Feb. 5, 2019
- No Significant Environmental Impacts to Result from Installation and Operation of Static Detonation Chambers at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Nov. 9, 2018
- First Chemical Weapons Processed Today in Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Sept. 7, 2016
- Army’s Explosive Destruction System concludes first in series of destruction campaigns for Pueblo Chemical Stockpile, Feb. 11, 2016
- Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Receives National Safety Recognition, April 28, 2015
- First Munitions Destroyed in PCAPP Explosive Destruction System, April 8, 2015
- Start of Agent Operations Underway in Pueblo, March 18, 2015
- Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Destruction Process Starts Today, March 17, 2015
- Pueblo Chemical Destruction Plant Job Symposium to be held April 29, April 24, 2013
- PCAPP Tests Conveyor with Mock Munition, April 8, 2013
- Pueblo Chemical Depot Marks Final Delivery of Mock Munitions for Destruction Pilot Plant, June 2, 2011
- Omichinski Named Bechtel Pueblo Team Project Manager, March 18, 2011
- Walton Levi Named Acting Site Project Manager As Search for Permanent Replacement Continues, Oct. 27, 2010
- Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Marks Arrival of Bioreactors on Site, Aug. 25, 2010
- Top Off Ceremony Marks Milestone for Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Sept. 30, 2009
- Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Receives National Safety Recognition, Feb. 19, 2009
- PCAPP Awarded Key Environmental Permit, Oct. 20, 2008
- Pueblo Pilot Plant Design Complete, May 22, 2007
- Public Invited to Community Information Sessions to Learn About Design Options for Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, June 16, 2005
- Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Destruction Project to Begin Early Construction, March 23, 2005
- PCAPP Design Alternatives, Sept. 30, 2004
- Groundbreaking Open House Scheduled for Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Sept. 18, Sept. 8, 2004
- Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Destruction Project Granted Environmental Permit, July 1, 2004
- Government Site Project Manager Selected to Lead Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, June 26, 2003
- Pueblo Chemical-Agent Destruction Pilot Plant Contract Award Upheld by GAO, Dec. 17, 2002
- Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Contract Awarded, Sept. 27, 2002
Reports
Technical Reports
- ACWA Neut Bio Process Information April 2002
- ACWA Neut SCWO Process Information April 2002
- Base Hydrolysis Process for the Destruction of Energetic Materials Final Report October 2001
- Enhanced Reconfiguration Concept
- Design, Safety, Schedule, and Cost Assessment of General Atomics GATS Total Solution Final Technical Report June 2001
- Attachment C-3 Applicable MSDS Information For Munitions
- Design, Safety, Schedule, and Cost Assessment of Parsons/Honeywell WHEAT Total Solution Final Technical Report June 2001
- Final Submittal ACWA EDS WHEAT Design Basis January 2001
Reports to Congress
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2020
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2019
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2018
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2018
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2017
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2017
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2017
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2016
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2016
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2016
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2015
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2015
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2015
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2014
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2014
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2013
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2013
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2012
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for April 2012
- Annual Status Report on the Destruction of the United States Stockpile of Lethal Chemical Agents and Munitions for Fiscal Year 2011
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2011
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for March 2011
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for September 2010
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for December 2009
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for May 2009
- Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2008
- Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program Semi-Annual Report to Congress for June 2008
- Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2007
- Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2006
- Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2005
- Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2004
- Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Chemical Weapons and Materiel for Fiscal Year 2003
- ACWA Annual Report to Congress 2002
- Annual Report to Congress—December 2001
- Supplemental Report to Congress—June 2001
- Annual Report to Congress—December 2000
- Supplemental Report to Congress—September 1999
- Annual Report to Congress—December 1998
- Annual Report to Congress—December 1997