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    Dialogue Meeting Summaries

    • Dialogue Meeting Summary, Edgewood, Maryland June 5-6, 2002
    • Dialogue Meeting Summary, Lexington, Kentucky January 25-26, 2001
    • Dialogue Meeting Summary, Pueblo, Colorado November 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

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    • Notice of Intent
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    • 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Destruction System and Explosive Destruction Technology at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo, Colorado, February 2010 – Withdrawn Sept. 13, 2010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

    • July 10, 2003
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    • January 23, 2003
    • October 10, 2002
    • August 1, 2002
    • May 7, 2002

    Kentucky Specific Environmental Activities

    • Notice of Intent
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    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

    • Program Executive Officer Announced for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program, June 19, 2017
    • Whyne Honored with Presidential Distinguished Rank Award, January 2, 2014
    • Site Project Manager Selected to Lead Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, December 3, 2014
    • PEO ACWA Chief of Staff Earns ‘Order of the Dragon’, November 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, August 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, January 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, November 10, 2010
    • New Path Forward Charted for Explosive Destruction Technologies at Pueblo Chemical Depot, September 13, 2010
    • Follow ACWA on Facebook and Twitter, September 1, 2010
    • Public Comment Period Extended to April 30 on Pueblo Chemical Depot Environmental Assessment, April 1, 2010
    • Pueblo Chemical Depot Completes Environmental Assessment, February 26, 2010
    • The Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program Reflects on 2009,
      January 6, 2010
    • Department of Defense Leader Lauds Edgewood Area Agencies, November 26, 2009
    • “Department of Defense Leader Lauds Edgewood Area Agencies,” November 26, 2009
    • “Jan 15 Information Meeting Scheduled to Discuss Safe Destruction of Blue Grass Army Depot Steel Containers,” January 8, 2008
    • “U.S. Army Element Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Activated,” November 30, 2007
    • “Program Manager Named,” September 25, 2007
    • “Interim Program Manager Named,” March 28, 2007
    • “Novad Awarded Civilian Service Honor,” December 13, 2006
    • “Alabama, Maryland and Ohio Teams Support Testing for Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction,” January 21, 2004

    BGCAPP Press Releases

    • Blue Grass Facility to Gain Specialized Shipment Containers, November 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, February 1, 2010
    • Blue Grass Chemical Demilitarization Plant “Goes Vertical” With First Structural Steel, September 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, February 26, 2009
    • First Major Concrete Placement Begins for Munitions Demilitarization Building at BGCAPP, February 18, 2009
    • Chemical Weapons Destruction Project Leases Office Space in Richmond Mall, February 9, 2009
    • Acting Site Project Manager Named for Chemical Weapons Destruction Pilot Plant,
      February 2, 2009
    • “Operation Swift Solution: Nerve Agent Liquid in Containers Successfully Neutralized,” December 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,” October 23, 2006
    • “Construction Request for Proposals posted on Internet,” January 18, 2006
    • “Government Deputy Site Project Manager Selected,” November 3, 2005
    • “Bechtel Names Chris Haynes to Manage Kentucky Chemical Weapons Destruction Project,” October 31, 2005
    • “Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Destruction Project Granted Environmental Research, Development and Destruction Permit,” October 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,” February 11, 2004
    • “Outreach Office announces move,” January 29, 2004
    • “Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board to Hold First Meeting,” October 16, 2003
    • “Open House Scheduled to Introduce Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass Team to Community,” September 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,” February 12, 2003
    • Alternative technology named ‘agency preferred alternative’ to destroy Kentucky chemical weapons stockpile,” November 20, 2002

    PCAPP Press Releases

    • U.S. Government Extends Bechtel Contract for Chemical Weapons Destruction, April 1, 2020
    • Mustard Agent Vapor Detected, November 13, 2019
    • Chemical Agent Destruction Plant Safely Neutralizes 100,000 Chemical Weapons, February 5, 2019
    • Pueblo Chemical Depot Marks Final Delivery of Mock Munitions for Destruction Pilot Plant, June 2, 2011
    • Walton Levi Named Acting Site Project Manager As Search for Permanent Replacement Continues, October 27, 2010
    • Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Marks Arrival of Bioreactors on Site, August 25, 2010
    • Top Off Ceremony Marks Milestone for Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, September 30, 2009
    • Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Receives National Safety Recognition, February 19, 2009
    • “PCAPP Awarded Key Environmental Permit,” October 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,” September 30, 2004
    • “Groundbreaking Open House Scheduled for Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Sept. 18,” September 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,” December 17, 2002
    • “Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Contract Awarded,” September 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

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