The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot and Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant will reinforce a limited supply of single round containers for problematic munitions with propelling charge canisters from excess U.S. Navy stock.
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Complete protective enclosures now surround three Static Detonation Chamber units at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant resumed destruction operations June 4 after pausing its elimination of mustard agent.
After six weeks of limited classroom time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Training Facility resumed normal schedules May 4, implementing guidelines for sanitation and social distancing.
The U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot submitted a Record of Environmental Consideration (REC) regarding contingency planning for off-site shipment of hydrolysate from the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP).
A study evaluating the potential off-site shipment of hazardous wastes from a Colorado chemical weapons demilitarization plant concluded the risk is negligible. “Off-site shipment is not the desirable path, but is a contingency,” said Greg Mohrman, site project manager, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP). In December 2016, a Transportation Risk Assessment (TRA) was performedRead more
A group of Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant monitoring technicians sniffs for and identifies odors from the facility to ensure the environmental protection of communities surrounding the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot.
During the spring of 2015, a bobcat gave birth near the backup generator at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Explosive Destruction System (PCAPP EDS). Mama bobcat and her babies had little impact on PCAPP EDS operations aside from garnering some attention while the generator was serviced.
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.