[CPEO-MEF] Army misses some lessons from Tooele chemical weapons incinerator

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Army misses some lessons from Tooele chemical weapons incinerator
By ROBERT GEHRKE
The Associated Press
11/26/02 2:25 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army has failed in some instances to apply
lessons learned burning chemical weapons at its incinerator in Tooele,
Utah, to similar facilities under construction or preparing to burn in
Alabama, Arkansas and Oregon, according to a congressional report.

The Army's Chemical Demilitarization program has generally put the
experience at Tooele and another incinerator on Johnston Atoll in the
Pacific to use, said the study by the General Accounting Office, the
investigative arm of Congress.

But the program designed to share the information could be managed
better and, in at least one incident, management breakdowns added to
program costs and decreased safety, said the report, which was sent to
Congress in September.

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