[CPEO-MEF] "Problems Plague Army Weapons-Burning"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Problems Plague Army Weapons-Burning

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post
July 4, 2006

In 1987, the Army estimated it would cost $2 billion to dispose of the 
27,768 metric tons of chemical weapons in its stockpile.

Today, the price has mushroomed to $28 billion, and the military is 
about a third of the way through the job. An array of problems -- 
including technical challenges and protests from community activists 
concerned about the impact of burning the weapons -- has dogged the 
progress. In May, officials announced the Army will be unable to destroy 
all the weapons by 2012 -- which would be a five-year extension to the 
current deadline.

"We underestimated the job, the complexity of the job and this 
high-hazard environment we have to operate in," said Michael A. Parker, 
director of the Army's Chemical Materials Agency.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/03/AR2006070301207.html?sub=AR

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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