[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: "Demolition begins at Utah’s chemical weapons depot"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Demolition begins at Utah’s chemical weapons depot
Buildings tumble » Agents such as mustard gas and VX were once stored  
in igloos.

By Nate Carlisle
Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
January 9, 2014

For 15 years, chemical weapons were destroyed at the former Deseret  
Chemical Depot. Thursday, work began to destroy something else:  
buildings.

The demolition is expected to take nine months and will bookend the  
former facility’s role in complying with the international Chemical  
Weapons Convention.

The property last year was transferred to the control of the nearby  
Tooele Army Depot and given the new designation as that depot's South  
Area. Amy Blauser, a spokeswoman for South Area, said two modular  
buildings were scheduled for demolition Thursday.

One was a building that housed foreign inspectors who ensured U.S.  
compliance with the convention treaty. The other building was used to  
support those inspectors.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/57347515-90/chemical-weapons- 
amp-army.html.csp

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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