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BLUE GRASS CHEMICAL
AGENT-DESTRUCTION PILOT PLANT

START OF AGENT OPERATIONS

E V E N T

Thank You

Thank you to everyone who attended the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations Event May 29, 2019, to commemorate the start of chemical weapons stockpile destruction in Kentucky.

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Officials cut a ribbon at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event May 29 at The Armed Forces Reserve Center, Richmond, Kentucky. From left to right, Dr. Candace Coyle, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant; Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin; Dr. Charles Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Mr. Michael Abaie, program executive officer, PEO ACWA; Mr. Michael Costas, general manager of the Defense and Security line, Bechtel National Inc; Lt. Col. Rodney McCutcheon, commander, Blue Grass Chemical Activity.

Officials cut a ribbon at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event May 29 at The Armed Forces Reserve Center, Richmond, Kentucky. From left to right, Dr. Candace Coyle, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant; Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin; Dr. Charles Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Mr. Michael Abaie, program executive officer, PEO ACWA; Mr. Michael Costas, general manager of the Defense and Security line, Bechtel National Inc; Lt. Col. Rodney McCutcheon, commander, Blue Grass Chemical Activity.

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PEO ACWA Program Executive Officer Mr. Michael Abaie speaks during the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

PEO ACWA Program Executive Officer Mr. Michael Abaie speaks during the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

Dr. Charles Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, speaks at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

Dr. Charles Ball, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, speaks at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

The Governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin, speaks during the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

The Governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin, speaks during the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, speaks during the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, speaks during the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Start of Agent Operations event.

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