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      Mission: The safe elimination of chemical weapons at Pueblo and Blue Grass by Sept. 30, 2023

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      BGCAPP is safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile currently in storage at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky.

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  • Craig Williams, co-chair, Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board (CDCAB), speaks about the potential for a Plan B for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant hydrolysate processing at the June 13 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and CDCAB meeting.
  • Attendees receive Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant updates during the June 13 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board meeting.

Blue Grass Manager, Community Group Discuss Wastewater Plans

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 30 July, 2018 | 0

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.

  • Craig Williams, co-chair, Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board, provides information on assisting with developing a Plan B for hydrolysate processing at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at a public meeting March 14.
  • Construction workers move a reactor skid into the Supercritical Water Oxidation Processing Building by remote control at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in 2013.

Managers, Community Discuss Hydrolysate Contingency Options

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 28 March, 2018 | 0

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.

  • Craig Williams, co-chair, Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board, explains the formation of a new monthly working group to better respond to the faster-paced activities at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at a public meeting in December 2017.
  • Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, explains a Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant secondary waste topic to community members in January.

Demilitarization Community Board Forms New Working Group

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 22 March, 2018 | 0

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.

  • State Agency Opens Permit Public Comment Period
  • Shaina Kahn, environmental engineer assistant, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, explains the GB sampling process at a public meeting Dec. 13.

State Agency Opens Permit Public Comment Period

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News | Comments are Closed | 27 December, 2017 | 0

Kentucky’s environmental agency has tentatively approved two permit modifications involving the Blue Grass plant, opening a period for public comment Dec. 15.

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant leaders Jeff Brubaker, left, and Ron Hink speak to Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board members during a meeting at Eastern Kentucky University Sept. 14. The advisory groups hold quarterly public meetings to allow community members to stay informed on project progress.

Blue Grass Plant Leaders Report Testing Phase More Than Halfway Complete

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Events | Comments are Closed | 22 September, 2016 | 0

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.

Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board (CDCAB) member Rev. Robert Blythe, second from right, asks a question during a Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and CDCAB meeting March 9. Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant leaders provided project updates as part of this quarterly public meeting.

Blue Grass Plant Leaders Discuss Project Progress with Community

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Events | Comments are Closed | 16 March, 2016 | 0

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.

A member of the audience studies the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Year-in-Review presentation during the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board quarterly public meeting Dec. 9.

Community Gets Blue Grass Plant Update, Glance Ahead

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Events | Comments are Closed | 23 December, 2015 | 0

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.

A program stakeholder asks a question at a Dec. 16, 2014, public meeting where Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant representatives discussed mitigation of cyanide formation in the munitions neutralization process. A public meeting similar to this one will be held Dec. 14, 2015, at Eastern Kentucky University to discuss project permitting activities.

Blue Grass Project Submits Permit Revision, Encourages Public Involvement

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Environment | Comments are Closed | 1 December, 2015 | 0

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.

John Barton, chief scientist, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, holds a sample of supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) effluent while briefing community stakeholders during a Secondary Waste Working Group meeting Nov. 10. A team from the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is working to ensure the SCWO process functions as intended during operations.

Blue Grass Scientists Provide Update on Supercritical Water Oxidation Activities

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 18 November, 2015 | 0

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, Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission (CAC) chair, left, chats with Sheila Pressley, CAC member, at a public meeting for the Blue Grass chemial munitions destruction project.

Blue Grass Advisory Commission Chair a Driving Force Behind Community Involvement

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, People | Comments are Closed | 10 June, 2015 | 0

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.”

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