The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) is destroying the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).
The primary destruction process, neutralization, breaks down nerve agent into a wastewater product known as hydrolysate. During plant operations, this wastewater will be shipped off-site for further processing.
The facility that will receive and treat the hydrolysate is Veolia Environmental Services near Port Arthur, Texas.
BGCAPP hydrolysate is the product of the neutralization of nerve agent drained from chemical munitions stored at the depot.
The liquid waste has a high pH, making it comparable to a commercial drain cleaner or liquid bleach. Technicians used lab-created hydrolysate to calibrate equipment and prepare for plant operations.
Hydrolysate is a Department of Transportation Class 8 corrosive material, a hazard similar in many ways to other corrosive materials shipped daily in the U.S. and throughout the world. Hydrolysate has been previously shipped from other chemical demilitarization facilities in the U.S. and from BGAD.
All VX nerve agent hydrolysate from the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Indiana was incinerated at Veolia beginning in 2007.
In 2009, 1,000 gallons of GB nerve agent hydrolysate was shipped from Kentucky to the Veolia facility as part of Operation Swift Solution.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado shipped more than 842,000 gallons of mustard agent hydrolysate to Veolia for processing in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
Safety of the workforce, community and environment is a top priority for the project. The utmost care and attention to detail will be followed when shipping hydrolysate from BGCAPP. All applicable state laws and Department of Transportation regulations will be followed. A permit modification request must also be approved by the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection before hydrolysate can be shipped.
For more information about hydrolysate shipment, contact the Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at (859) 626-8944 or bgoutreach@iem.com.
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) is destroying the chemical weapons stockpile stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).
The primary destruction process, neutralization, breaks down nerve agent into a wastewater product known as hydrolysate. During plant operations, this wastewater will be shipped off-site for further processing.
The facility that will receive and treat the hydrolysate is Veolia Environmental Services near Port Arthur, Texas.
BGCAPP hydrolysate is the product of the neutralization of nerve agent drained from chemical munitions stored at the depot.
The liquid waste has a high pH, making it comparable to a commercial drain cleaner or liquid bleach. Technicians used lab-created hydrolysate to calibrate equipment and prepare for plant operations.
Hydrolysate is a Department of Transportation Class 8 corrosive material, a hazard similar in many ways to other corrosive materials shipped daily in the U.S. and throughout the world. Hydrolysate has been previously shipped from other chemical demilitarization facilities in the U.S. and from BGAD.
All VX nerve agent hydrolysate from the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Indiana was incinerated at Veolia beginning in 2007.
In 2009, 1,000 gallons of GB nerve agent hydrolysate was shipped from Kentucky to the Veolia facility as part of Operation Swift Solution.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado shipped more than 842,000 gallons of mustard agent hydrolysate to Veolia for processing in 2017, 2018 and 2020.
Safety of the workforce, community and environment is a top priority for the project. The utmost care and attention to detail will be followed when shipping hydrolysate from BGCAPP. All applicable state laws and Department of Transportation regulations will be followed. A permit modification request must also be approved by the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection before hydrolysate can be shipped.
For more information about hydrolysate shipment, contact the Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at (859) 626-8944 or bgoutreach@iem.com.
