Nerve Agent Secondary Waste

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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State worries over VX project
Wastewater from disposal projects eventually ends up in Delaware River

By JEFF MONTGOMERY
News Journal (Delaware)
04/04/2004

State regulators say they are concerned that a DuPont Co. plan to treat
waste from a deadly military nerve agent stockpiled in Indiana could
lead to other chemical weapon waste disposal ventures at the foot of the
Delaware Memorial Bridge.

The officials and other critics of the plan said DuPont's commercial
wastewater plant in Deepwater, N.J., could emerge as a candidate for an
even larger role in the nation's chemical weapon disposal effort. About
31,500 tons of stockpiled chemicals must be destroyed nationwide by 2007
under an international treaty.

The plant already treats neutralized wastes from a 1,625-ton stockpile
of mustard gas at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Md.

"Some members of the public have correctly cautioned that if this
project goes forward, what precedent does it set for treating the
remainder of the VX stockpile that exists throughout the country?" said
Kevin C. Donnelly, water resources director for Delaware's Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control. "I think that's a very
significant issue for New Jersey and Delaware to consider."

DuPont managers have said the company's wastewater plant can process the
wastes without harming people or aquatic life. Spokesmen for the company
would not rule out handling wastewater from other chemical weapon
disposal projects, but said plans already are in place for dealing with
most of the largest stockpiles.

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for the entire story, see
http://cgi.delawareonline.com/cgi-bin/advprint/print.cgi

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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