The Blue Grass site project manager and community advisory group members discussed at a recent quarterly public meeting the need to have a back-up plan in place in case the plant’s secondary processing system does not work as planned.
News
Working closely with a community group, Blue Grass plant managers are discussing contingency options for processing hydrolysate, the product of the chemical agent and energetics neutralization process.
Community members working with officials at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant have formed a new group to quickly address topics as the plant progresses toward operations.
Kentucky’s environmental agency has tentatively approved two permit modifications involving the Blue Grass plant, opening a period for public comment Dec. 15.
Leaders from the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant reported the facility built to destroy chemical weapons in Kentucky is more than halfway finished with its testing phase, known as systemization.
Community members learned about Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant systemization efforts and Explosive Destruction Technology facility progress as part of a quarterly public meeting March 9.
Members of the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board looked back at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s 2015 accomplishments during a quarterly meeting Dec. 9.
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant submitted a request Nov. 12, 2015, to the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection for a revision to the project’s Research, Development and Demonstration permit.
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant scientists briefed Secondary Waste Working Group community stakeholders Nov. 10 about supercritical water oxidation activities and their progress on a recent study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Dr. Doug Hindman feels he has a duty to his community. “I have been a social activist almost all of my life,” said Hindman. “It has always been my way to give people a voice to try to make things better for the community. I took great interest when I heard it was planned for chemical weapons to be destroyed right here in Madison County.”