After having been closely monitored and protected around the clock for decades at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, mustard-filled munitions are coming to an end. The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Explosive Destruction System, known as the PCAPP EDS, is eliminating problematic munitions that cannot be easily processed by the main plant.
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) employees enjoy the majesty of the many birds who call the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot home. Occasionally, those birds decide to nest on equipment or structures at the site. When that happens, PCAPP environmental interns take action.
You’ve heard the expression, “It takes a village to raise a child.” At the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP), it takes a village to operate the plant in an environmentally-compliant manner. The plant is staffed with civil, chemical, industrial, structural, mechanical and environmental permitting engineers, as well as hydrology and agronomy scientists. “Each discipline has …
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Public involvement is a core value for the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, also known as PEO ACWA. Its goal is to involve stakeholders at all levels in a manner that meets their specific needs.
Keep calm, call the CON.
Have you ever stopped to consider the different modes of communication you use in just one day?
One Team, One Mission, One Star.
Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) training specialist James Jordan Jr. divides his Emergency Response Team into groups and gives them a simple scenario: a 55-gallon drum of an unknown substance falls from the back of a vehicle. Respond.
A modified intermodal shipping and storage container is used for confined space training at the Pueblo plant.
The Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) offers the highest level of safety for workers who make toxic area entries. A single-use suit, DPE is a totally encapsulating chemical protective outer-garment that operates at a positive pressure to assure total protection against inward leaks. It is designed to be worn in environments having known liquid agent present, …
