[CPEO-MEF] Sea Disposal of Military Munitions

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Appendix R: Sea Disposal of Military Munitions

"Under Section 314 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 National Defense 
Authorization Act, the Department of Defense (DoD) is required to 
conduct a historical review of available records to determine the 
number, size, and probable locations of sites where the military 
disposed of military munitions in U.S. coastal waters. The Department 
will include the final Section 314 report in the FY2009 Defense 
Environmental Programs Annual Report to Congress.  In the interim, DoD 
will report any new information identified during the review.

"This interim report identifies the Department's progress on the 
historical review. Specifically, this report identifies the general 
locations, types, and quantities of chemical munitions or chemical 
agents disposed in U.S. waters. DoD's preliminary research has 
identified approximately 30,000 tons of disposed chemical agent (CA) at 
16 sites in U.S. waters. The term CA as used in Appendix R is limited to 
those substances on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) schedule of 
chemicals. Figure R-1 provides a summary of the net chemical agent 
weight (NCAW) of disposed chemical warfare materiels (CWM) according to 
the chemical agent and disposal operation location. Net chemical agent 
weight totals were determined using assumptions regarding the container 
sizes and densities of the disposed materials."

To download the report, which appears as an appendix in the Defense 
Environmental Programs Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2006, go to
https://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/News/OSD/DEP2006/deparc2006.html 
and click on Appendix R.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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