Events - Program Executive Office Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternative

The protective enclosures that surround the Immobilized Cell Bioreactors and the Brine Reduction System in the Biotreatment Area of the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are illuminated by the rising sun. The Pueblo plant has entered its operations phase after successfully completing a lengthy pilot testing period.

Pueblo Plant Transitions From Pilot Testing Into Full Operations

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is considered a fully operational facility after reaching milestones that mark the end of pilot testing.

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Col. Michael W. Cobb, left, takes command of the Pueblo Chemical Depot from Col. Christopher A. Grice, right, as Col. Kelso C. Horne III, U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity director, center, oversees a change of command ceremony June 26 at the Depot. Col. Cobb becomes the Depot’s 38th commanding officer.

Pueblo Chemical Depot Welcomes New U.S. Army Commander

The 38th commander of the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Deport assumed command of the sprawling, high desert installation June 26.

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Construction workers prepare the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot’s former Explosive Destruction System site for construction of three Static Detonation Chambers that will aid the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in its mission to destroy aging chemical munitions

Static Detonation Chamber Construction Begins at Pueblo Plant

Engineers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant are moving forward with limited construction at Pueblo Chemical Depot to support Static Detonation Chambers.

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During a Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program exercise held on May 8, 2019, a worker in a personal protective equipment suit practices emergency procedures during this annual event. This year, CSEPP exercise participants coordinated from the alternate Pueblo Community Joint Information Center site at the Pueblo Department of Health and Environment to test their ability to work from any location.

Alternate Site Used for Annual Emergency Response Exercise in Pueblo

Nearly 2,000 people from state and community agencies took part in Colorado’s annual Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, or CSEPP, exercise May 8.

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Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant technicians perform Integrated Facilities Demonstration activities April 23. Workers at the Pueblo plant have been performing the IFDs to show proficiency at different tasks with the facilities operating as they were designed to run, with more planned in May.

Efficiencies in Munitions Processing Demonstrated at Pueblo Plant

Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant achieved the most productive weeks yet for processing and destruction of chemical munitions.

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An ordnance technician demonstrates a lift assist at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Training Facility during the April 9, 2019, visit by members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council.

Pueblo Plant Hosts International Chemical Weapons Council

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant recently hosted visiting dignitaries from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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A Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant worker inspects 155mm projectiles Nov. 13, 2018, in the Agent Processing Building. With more than 660 U.S. tons of mustard agent destroyed, PCAPP has eliminated 25% of the chemical munitions stockpile that has been stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot since the 1950s.

Pueblo Plant Achieves Chemical Agent Destruction Milestone

The acting site project manager for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant announced April 1 that 25% of the mustard agent stockpile stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot has been destroyed.

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Michael Abaie, program executive officer, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives, talks with Walton Levi, deputy site project manager, Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, during the January Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission meeting.

Program Executive Officer Highlights Pueblo Plant Successes

The Program Executive Officer for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program provided an update on continued progress at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant during a Colorado Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission meeting Jan. 30.

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A flag raising ceremony on April 28, 2015 signified the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant award in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program for systemization. The plant received official approval for continued participation in the program for operations in December 2018.

Safety Award Renewed for Colorado Plant

The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant received official approval for continued participation in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.

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Palletized boxed munitions awaiting reconfiguration sit in the Munitions Service Magazine

Project Managers Look Forward to Fully Operating Plant in 2019

Managers are anticipating 2019 as the year the state of Colorado grants the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant an operating permit, moving the plant from the pilot testing phase to operations.

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