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Chemical weapons' disposal delayed
Updated 11/20/2006 11:19 PM ET
STOCKPILE'S STATUS
Chemical weapons stockpile sites and disposal status:
Disposal facilities operational
Umatilla, Oregon: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Tooele, Utah: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Pine Bluff, Ark.: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Anniston, Ala.: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Newport, Ind.: Nerve Gas
Disposal facilities under development
Pueblo, Colo.: Mustard Gas
Richmond, Ky.: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Disposal work completed
Johnston Atoll
(Pacific Ocean): (No material remaining)
Aberdeen, Md.: (No material remaining)
Source: Defense Department
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has extended its timeline to destroy its aging chemical weapons arsenal until 2023, despite concerns by Congress and watchdog groups that the stockpiles raise the risk of an accident or theft by terrorists.
The new schedule, outlined in Pentagon documents obtained by USA TODAY, means the military won't eliminate its stock of deadly nerve gases and skin-blistering agents until 11 years after the 2012 deadline set by the international Chemical Weapons Convention. The U.S. government had already asked for a five-year extension from an earlier 2007 deadline.
Communities near the seven sites where weapons are stockpiled have long complained about the delays. Congress echoed those concerns this year, when it called eliminating the stockpiles "a homeland security imperative" and directed the Pentagon in a defense bill to "make every effort" to destroy them by the convention deadline or "soon thereafter."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-20-chemical-weapons_x.htm?csp=15
I live less than 100 air miles from the Richmond, KY stockpiles.....
Updated 11/20/2006 11:19 PM ET
STOCKPILE'S STATUS
Chemical weapons stockpile sites and disposal status:
Disposal facilities operational
Umatilla, Oregon: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Tooele, Utah: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Pine Bluff, Ark.: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Anniston, Ala.: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Newport, Ind.: Nerve Gas
Disposal facilities under development
Pueblo, Colo.: Mustard Gas
Richmond, Ky.: Nerve Gas, Mustard Gas
Disposal work completed
Johnston Atoll
(Pacific Ocean): (No material remaining)
Aberdeen, Md.: (No material remaining)
Source: Defense Department
By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has extended its timeline to destroy its aging chemical weapons arsenal until 2023, despite concerns by Congress and watchdog groups that the stockpiles raise the risk of an accident or theft by terrorists.
The new schedule, outlined in Pentagon documents obtained by USA TODAY, means the military won't eliminate its stock of deadly nerve gases and skin-blistering agents until 11 years after the 2012 deadline set by the international Chemical Weapons Convention. The U.S. government had already asked for a five-year extension from an earlier 2007 deadline.
Communities near the seven sites where weapons are stockpiled have long complained about the delays. Congress echoed those concerns this year, when it called eliminating the stockpiles "a homeland security imperative" and directed the Pentagon in a defense bill to "make every effort" to destroy them by the convention deadline or "soon thereafter."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-20-chemical-weapons_x.htm?csp=15
I live less than 100 air miles from the Richmond, KY stockpiles.....