U.S. ARMY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CHEMICAL

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DEMILITARIZATION SURVEY AND ANALYSIS REPORT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii

LIST OF TABLES xiv

1 INTRODUCTION . 1-1

1.1 Purpose . 1-1

1.2 Background 1-1

1.2.1 Historical Procedures . 1-2

1.2.2 United States Congressional Interest 1-2

1.3 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of

Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Commonly Referred to as the Chemical Weapons

Convention 1-4

1.4 Lessons Learned . 1-8

1.5 Report Format . 1-10

2 HISTORICAL SURVEYS 2-1

2.1 Background 2-1

2.2 Aberdeen Proving Ground Survey 2-2

2.2.1 Research Methodology . 2-2

2.2.2 Site Characteristics 2-3

2.2.3 Survey Results 2-4

2.3 National Archives Survey . 2-4

2.3.1 Research Methodology . 2-4

2.3.2 Survey Results 2-4

2.4 Formerly Used Defense Sites Survey . 2-5

2.4.1 Research Methodology . 2-5

2.4.2 Level of Effort . 2-6

2.4.3 Survey Results 2-6

2.5 Sea Disposal Survey 2-6

2.5.1 Research Methodology . 2-6

2.5.2 Level of Effort . 2-7

2.5.3 Survey Results 2-7

2.6 Thirty-five CONUS Sites for Intensive Study 2-7

2.6.1 Research Methodology . 2-8

2.6.2 Survey Results 2-8

2.7 Site Visits . 2-8

2.8 Weapons Specification Package . 2-9

2.9 Historical Survey Results 2-10

3 BINARY CHEMICAL WEAPONS 3-1

3.1 Background 3-1

3.2 Chemical Weapons Convention Issues 3-2

3.3 Multiple Launch Rocket System 3-2

3.4 Bigeye Bomb . 3-2

3.5 Artillery Projectile . 3-2

3.6 Destruction Strategies . 3-3

4 RECOVERED CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL 4-1

4.1 Background 4-1

4.2 Chemical Weapons Convention Issues 4-1

4.3 Locations and Quantities . 4-2

4.4 Description 4-5

4.5 Destruction Options . 4-5

5 BURIED CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL . 5-1

5.1 Background 5-1

5.2 Chemical Weapons Convention Issues 5-1

5.3 Organization . 5-2

5.3.1 Relationship Between the Project Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Army Environmental Center . 5-2

5.3.2 Formerly Used Defense Site Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel Sites . 5-3

5.3.3 Army Installation Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel Sites 5-6

5.3.4 Other Installations' Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel Sites . 5-7

5.4 Destruction Technologies . 5-7

5.5 Types of Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel Sites 5-7

5.5.1 Chemical Agent Identification Set Sites . 5-9

5.5.2 Small Quantity, Non-explosive Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel Sites 5-11

5.5.3 Small Quantity, Explosive Buried Chemical Warfare Materiel Sites 5-12

5.5.4 Large Quantity, Chemical Warfare Materiel Burial Sites . 5-13

5.6 Locations . 5-13

6 FORMER CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITIES 6-1

6.1 Background 6-1

6.2 Chemical Weapons Convention Issues 6-2

6.3 Pine Bluff Arsenal . 6-3

6.4 Newport Chemical Activity 6-5

6.5 Aberdeen Proving Ground-Edgewood Area . 6-7

6.5.1 Production Facilities 6-7

6.5.2 Other Facilities 6-8

6.6 Northrup Carolina Corporation . 6-9

6.7 Marquardt Company . 6-9

6.8 Phosphate Development Works . 6-10

6.9 Rocky Mountain Arsenal . 6-10

6.10 Disposal Strategy 6-11

6.10.1 Phase I - Project Definition . 6-11

6.10.2 Phase II - Prerequisites . 6-12

6.10.3 Phase III - Demolition and Disposal 6-12

7 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL WARFARE MATERIEL 7-1

7.1 Background 7-1

7.2 Description 7-1

7.2.1 Chemical Weapons Convention Category 3 Items 7-1

7.2.2 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Chemical Warfare Materiel . 7-3

7.2.3 Chemical Samples . 7-3

7.2.4 Ton Containers 7-3

7.3 Chemical Weapons Convention Issues 7-3

7.4 Destruction Options . 7-4

7.4.1 Crushing . 7-4

7.4.2 Open Burn/Open Detonation . 7-5

7.4.3 Incineration of Explosives . 7-5

7.4.4 Smelting . 7-5

7.4.5 Chemical Treatment 7-5

8 TRANSPORTATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR RECOVERED CHEMICAL

WARFARE MATERIEL 8-1

8.1 Background 8-1

8.2 Laws and Regulations Applicable to the Transportation of Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel

8-2

8.3 Transportation Studies . 8-2

8.4 Packaging Concepts . 8-3

8.5 Risk Analysis 8-3

8.6 Modes of Transportation 8-4

8.7 State and Public Involvement 8-4

9 MISSION-SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT . 9-1

9.1 Background 9-1

9.2 Mobile Characterization Systems . 9-2

9.2.1 Overview 9-2

9.2.2 System Description 9-2

9.3 Mobile Storage Systems 9-3

9.3.1 Overview 9-3

9.3.2 System Description 9-4

9.3.3 Interim Holding Facility Plan 9-5

9.3.4 Transportation Plan 9-5

9.4 Mobile Remediation Systems 9-6

9.4.1 Overview 9-6

9.4.2 Rapid Response System Description 9-6

9.4.3 Munitions Management Device, Version 1 System Description . 9-8

9.4.4 Future Munitions Management Device Versions . 9-10

9.5 Future Research and Development Efforts 9-10

10 COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES . 10-1

10.1 Disclaimer 10-1

10.2 Background . 10-1

10.3 Approach . 10-2

10.3.1 Ground Rules and Assumptions 10-3

10.3.2 Cost Structure 10-4

10.3.3 Data Sources . 10-5

10.3.4 Generic Buried CWM Site Types . 10-5

10.3.5 Potential Buried CWM Site Classification . 10-8

10.3.6 Potential Buried CWM Sites Estimated Schedules . 10-10

10.4 Potential Buried CWM Site Cost and Schedule Estimate . 10-11

10.4.1 Small Burial CWM 10-11

10.4.2 Rapid Response System . 10-11

10.4.3 Large Burial CWM 10-12

10.5 Binary CWM Cost and Schedule Estimate . 10-12

10.6 Miscellaneous CWM Cost and Schedule Estimate . 10-13

10.6.1 CWC Category 3 Items and Empty Ton Containers 10-13

10.6.2 RDT&E CWM and Chemical Samples 10-14

10.7 Former Chemical Production Facilities Cost and Schedule Estimate 10-14

10.8 Recovered CWM Cost and Schedule Estimate 10-15

10.9 Programmatic Cost Estimate 10-16

10.10 Cost Estimate Uncertainties . 10-16

10.11 Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program Schedule 10-18

10.12 Comparison to the 93 ROM Cost and Schedule Estimate 10-19