[CPEO-MEF] Deseret (UT) CW incineration

[lsiegel@np.craigslist.org]

Army incinerator to resume burning

By Joe Bauman
Deseret Morning News (UT)
August 15, 2006

The Army's incinerator near Stockton, in Tooele County, is set to resume
burning chemical warfare agent later this month in the plant's last
campaign.

The furnaces at the Tooele Agent Disposal Facility have been shut down for
more than a year.

"We finished processing VX (nerve) agent early in June 2005," said Alaine
Southworth, spokeswoman for Deseret Chemical Depot. The depot is where the
incinerator is located and where lethal chemical warfare agent remains
stockpiled in protective igloos until it can be destroyed by burning.

Among the tasks at the incinerator has been decontaminating the facility
so that workers can use lower-level protective clothing.

...

For the entire article, see
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,645193288,00.html

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