Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - 16 Dec '10

Twenty-one boxes of holiday goodies, filled with snacks and practical “daily needs” items, are winging their way overseas from the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF). They are bound for five Team Umatilla members serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Umatilla Disposal Facility weekly project update - 12/9/10 - Strong performance draws praise from top

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility’s (UMCDF’s) strong performance since April has drawn praise from top management in URS and a superior overall performance rating from the Army.

Mark Evans, president of Washington Demilitarization Company (WDC) for URS, reported that congratulations have been received from the highest levels of the company, including a highly complimentary phone call from Martin Koffel, chairman and chief executive officer of URS.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update 2 Dec '10 - Depot wins safety award

The Umatilla Chemical Depot  is the winner of the Army Material Command Exceptional Organization Safety Award for 2010. This plaque is awarded each fiscal year to the battalion through division and garrison organization with the most effective overall safety program.

“The team work displayed by the UMCD workforce to improve their safety culture should serve as the example for the rest of the Army’s material enterprise,” said Conrad Whyne, director, U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency.

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Pine Bluff Disposal Faclity, Arkansas, Completes Disposal

The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) safely completed disposal of the last mustard agent-filled ton container the evening of November 12, marking the successful completion of chemical weapons disposal operations at Pine Bluff Arsenal.

"For more than 60 years, the Pine Bluff team stored approximately 3,850 tons of the nation's original chemical agent stockpile. Today, the Pine Bluff stockpile has been safely disposed of," said Conrad Whyne, director of the Chemical Materials Agency. "From the very beginning, employees at Pine Bluff and throughout the CMA made safety the cornerstone of our chemical weapons stockpile storage and destruction missions. Today we reap the benefits of their dedication and vigilance."

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - November 10, 2010

1000th one ton container processed

During processing on Sunday, Nov. 7, the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) safely processed its 1,000th mustard agent ton container. The milestone represents 38 percent of the original stockpile of mustard ton containers being drained of agent and thermally decontaminated in the Metal Parts Furnace (MPF). The plant is scheduled to complete mustard ton container processing in the spring of 2012.

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Umatilla Chem. Disposal Facility Weekly Update 11/4/2010

URS employees contributed $46,631 to United Way in a record-breaking campaign for the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF). With the company’s corporate donation added in, the project will contribute more than $57,000 to non-profit agencies in local communities.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - October 28, 2010

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) and Umatilla Chemical Depot recently reached a milestone of 5 million pounds of chemical agent destroyed. Since the beginning of operations in September 2004, the site has eliminated the nerve agents GB and VX, and is currently destroying HD mustard blister agent.


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RT BentonCounty CSEPP News: Team Umatilla reaches 5 million pound milestone.
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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - October 14, 2010

On Sunday, Oct. 3, the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) achieved the destruction of 80 percent of the U.S. chemical agent stockpile. The United States ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty in April 1997. “This is another positive step in meeting the treaty.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - October 7, 2010

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has approved the UMCDF’s Temporary Authorization Request (TAR) to construct, install and systemize a Rinsate Feed Collection System (RCS). Official approval came from Steven Potts, DEQ administrator of the Chemical Demilitarization Program, in a letter dated Oct. 1. It notes that this temporary authorization will expire March 30, 2011, or when a decision on the rinsate Permit Modification Request (PMR) is made, which ever occurs first.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - September 30, 2010

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) has received the OK to increase the destruction of mustard ton containers through the Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) from a 50 percent processing rate to 75 percent.

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UMCDF ramps up destruction of chemical agent

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) has increased the destruction of chemical mustard agent from a 50 percent processing rate to 75 percent, effective today

“Our plant has received the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality approval for this increase and has made the required steps to safely ramp up the destruction of the remaining chemical mustard agent stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot,” said Gary Anderson, U.S. Army site project manager at the UMCDF.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - September 23, 2010

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) submitted a Class 2 permit modification request (PMR) to the Oregon Department of Enviromental Quality (DEQ) this week to revise Attachment 9 (Metals Feed Characterization, Spiking, and Extrapolation) of the UMCDF HD (mustard) Agent Trial Burn/Comprehensive Performance Test Plan. The proposed changes reflect a request to establish appropriate HD metal feed rate limits, following completion of the trial burn, utilizing spiked metals representative of the metal volatility classes.

A public information meeting on this PMR will be held at 6 p.m. on October 13, 2010 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - September 16, 2010

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) Tuesday submitted a Temporary Authorization Request (TAR) to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to construct, install and test the Rinsate Feed Collection System (RCS). The TAR does not request approval to process HD rinsate through the system before receiving approval.

The removal of the solid or semi-solid material, referred to as “heel” in HD ton containers (TCs), has presented challenges throughout the chemical weapons demilitarization program. The UMCDF currently sprays the inside of donor TCs containing heel with high-pressure hot water to partially mobilize the heel and transfer the resulting mixture (heel/water), referred to as HD rinsate, to a recipient TC. Currently, TCs of HD rinsate are treated in the Metal Parts Furnace (MPF), roughly doubling the amount of waste that must be processed in the MPF. The proposed RCS would provide an additional method of treatment for the HD rinsate by treating the liquid fraction in the Liquid Incinerators (LICs).

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly update - September 9

On Friday, Sept. 3, a Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) maintenance worker donned a Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) suit and entered a toxic area of the plant to continue removal of obsolete machinery. But for entrant Mike Morehead, the entry was more than just another routine task accomplished in the course of a day.

The entry marked the 200th for Morehead, the first UMCDF worker to reach that number. What’s more remarkable is that he has never had a “hot cutout,” meaning he’s never come out of an entry with agent monitor readings above zero. He attributes this to impeccable decontamination practices. He has never been injured or become ill during an entry.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - September 2, 2010

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility’s (UMCDF’s) proposed Rinsate Collection System (RCS) – which is designed to collect rinsate created during heel transfer operations and feed it directly to the Liquid Incinerators (LICs) – is another example of cooperation among the chemical demilitarization sites operated by URS.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility project update 8/26/10

As a result of the external Environmental Management System (EMS) audit conducted earlier this month, it has been determined that the site maintains compliance with the International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001 Standards.

The UMCDF saw its chemical weapons destruction slow a little during the past week due to a couple furnace outages. First, one of the plant’s two Liquid Incinerators (LICs) is undergoing a scheduled outage for annual maintenance. The LIC 1 was shut down about a week ago to begin the outage, which is expected to last about 15 days. Second, the Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) had to be shut down for unscheduled maintenance when a water leak occurred in the Discharge Airlock (DAL).

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - August 19

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) recently surpassed another major safety milestone. The site reached 7 million work hours without a lost time accident. The last injury where an employee missed work occurred on July 7, 2006. The number is the equivalent of a person working a 40-hour week for more than 3,365 years without missing work due to an injury.

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Half of Umatilla stockpile has been destroyed

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) has surpassed the 50 percent mark for destroying the original stockpile of chemical warfare agents at the Umatilla Chemical Depot. This includes all of the nerve agent and a portion of the mustard agent destroyed since the start of chemical operations in 2004.

As of Aug. 6, the UMCDF had destroyed more than 1,858 tons of liquid chemical agents, orhalf the original total of 3,717 tons stored at Umatilla since the 1960s.

Expect complete destruction in two years or less.

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August 3: UMCDF destroys oldest mustard ton container stored at UMCD

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) today destroyed the oldest mustard ton container stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.

The 70-year-old ton container was manufactured in 1940. In 1946, it was filled with 1,768 pounds of mustard agent at the Rocky Mt. Arsenal, near Denver, Colo., and later transported to UMCD between 1962-1969, where it remained in storage until its disposal. Depot employees nicknamed the container “Grandpa.” Depot maps identified its storage structure as “Grandpa’s House.”

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Monthly test of sirens, reader boards, and tone alert radios, noon, Tues, July 27

Monthly test of Umatilla CSEPP sirens, tone alert radios, and reader boards in Oregon and Washington will be noon, Tuesday, July 27. http://bit.ly/a2Kkva and http://bit.ly/anI0o4

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - July 21, 2010

Umatilla Chemical Depot workers took a pause Thursday, July 8, for the annual Depot Safety Day. Participants honed their skills in safety inspections, proper lifting techniques and ergonomics. The day also included fire extinguisher training, a personal protective equipment (PPE) fashion show and the annual chili cookoff.

Jim Hackett, CSEPP public affairs specialist for the depot, received the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) program manager’s award at the National CSEPPWorkshop in Louisville,Ky., on June 24.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - July 15, 2010.

Disposal of mustard ton containers resumed Tuesday, July 13, shortly before midnight at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) after an annual maintenance outage of the facility’s Metal Parts Furnace (MPF)

In accordance with the facility’s Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) permit, the facility will operate at 50 percent of the permitted Agent Trial Burn rate while officials from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) analyze data from the test burns. The RCRA permit allows for increased rates once the Agent Trial Burn (ATB) data has been analyzed and an increase is authorized by the DEQ. UMCDF will work closely with DEQ to increase the operations rate as permitted.

The ATB was completed on June 27 and the MPF outage began June 28. Prior to the maintenance outage, 374 mustard ton containers had been destroyed or 14.2 percent of UMCD’s mustard agent stockpile.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - July 7, 2010.

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) announced Tuesday that on July 1, 2010, it achieved the destruction of 75 percent of its chemical agent stockpile as defined under international treaty obligations.

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Weekly update, July 1, 2010, Umatilla Chemical Depot

The Agent Trial Burns (ATBs) for all three Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) furnaces was completed Sunday, June 27. Over a 58-day period, the UMCDF performed 18 Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) runs over 3 conditions, eight Liquid Incinerator (LIC) runs, processed 178 mustard agent ton containers, collected and analyzed 56 ton container samples, filled an spiked 774 bottles of agent, collected and analyzed 16 agent tank samples, conducted 420 Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) entries, and processed 231,216 lbs. of agent and 475,208 lbs. of spent decontamination solution.

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Monthly Umatilla Depot and community siren test, Tuesday, June 29

The monthly Umatilla Depot and community siren test will be noon, Tuesday, June 29.  See news release.

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - June 17, 2010.

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) has announced Mr. Gary M. Anderson as the new site project manager (SPM) for the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - June 10, 2010

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has recommended that the state’s Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) deny (or take no action on) a petition for reconsideration of the best available technology (BAT) for the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) as it pertains to the treatment of spent activated carbon.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - June 3, 2010

A couple years ago, the Umatilla Chemical Depot began a program to assist the burrowing owl population that exists here. The owl, a member of the endangered species list, has responded to the depot’s help by increasing its local population. In fact, they’ve multiplied to the point where depot motorists must keep a watchful eye out for flightless young chicks attempting to cross roads. But, burrowing owls aren’t the only wildlife that drivers must be aware of. The depot is also home to pronghorn, coyotes, badgers, snakes, several types of birds and an occasional cougar.
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Weekly Status Update 5/27/10.

Agent Trial Burn on Schedule.  The mustard Agent Trial Burn (ATB) that began April 29 is on schedule to be completed before the end of June. The UMCDF team has completed Conditions 1and 2 of the Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) ATB.

Weekly Status Update 5/2710.

Washington Benton County Monthly Test of CSEPP Sirens & Tone Alert Radios

The monthly test of tone alert radios and warning sirens in southern Benton County will take place Tuesday, May 25, at noon. The test is conducted by Benton County Emergency Management and is part of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) for the Umatilla Chemical Depot located near Hermiston, Oregon.

The first part of the two-part test involves the activation of the 20 CSEPP sirens located in southern Benton County near the Columbia River. When activated for the test, the sirens transmit a verbal message in English and Spanish stating that it is only a test followed by the sounding of the Westminster chimes. If there were an actual emergency, the sirens would blare a three-minute tone followed by instructions in both English and Spanish.

Immediately following the activation of the sirens, the tone alert radios are tested. The radios will sound a tone for eight seconds, followed by a verbal message in English and Spanish stating that it is only a test. If there were an actual emergency, the tone alert radios would blare a tone that increases in volume for about 25 seconds. The tone would be followed by instructions and information about the emergency in both English and Spanish.

Benton County Emergency Management conducts the tests on the last Tuesday of each month. Additional information on CSEPP can be obtained by calling Benton County Emergency Management at (509) 628-2600 or toll free at (800) 841-7953. CSEPP information is also available on the Internet at www.bces.wa.gov or www.csepp.net.

News Release

OREGON CSEPP Siren Test Cancelled for May 25th

There will not be a test of the Oregon Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) siren system the on Tuesday, May 25th . The sirens were tested on May 19th, the day of the CSEPP annual exercise. The sirens, as well as the tone alert radios and highway reader boards were used in the annual exercise.

May 24 News Release

Umatilla Chemical Depot Weekly Update, May 20

The Umatilla Chemical Depot, UMCDF and several agencies outside the depot participated in the annual full-scale Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) emergency exercise Wednesday.   Depot and UMCDF emergency workers practiced dealing with a chemical agent-related incident on the depot. The exercise began around 9:20 a.m. and lasted about six hours.

Along with UMCDF and UMCD personnel, off-post Emergency Operations Centers at various sites participated in the drill.

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CSEPP Exercise May 19

** EXERCISE Umatilla CSEPP Exercise has begun! Participants report to duty
station. EXERCISE **
Pete Wells

The JIC is standing down 2:26 PM, May 19

UMCDF Weekly Update May 13 - CSEPP Exercise on Wed. May 19

The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) Exercise will be held on Wednesday, May 19. This annual exercise allows local, state and federal emergency response agencies to practice their response to a simulated event at the Umatilla Chemical Depot and to have that response effort federally evaluated.

This year’s exercise will include participation from American Red Cross, Benton County Emergency Services, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Hermiston High School, Incident Command Post (Hermiston), Joint Information Center (Pendleton), Morrow County Emergency Management, Oregon Emergency Management, Oregon Health, Umatilla County Emergency Management, U.S. Army Umatilla Chemical Depot, and Washington Emergency Management Division.

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Trace amounts of HD mustard chemical agent vapor detected in "igloo" May 13

Trace amounts of HD mustard chemical agent vapor were detected today inside a  storage structure or “igloo” that houses bulk containers. The leaking container will be identified, inspected, repaired as necessary, and decontaminated.

There is no danger to the public or environment. The igloos have a passive filtration system that prevents  chemical agent vapor from escaping outside the structures.

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CSEPP Exercise to be held May 19

The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) Exercise will be held on Wednesday, May 19. This annual exercise allows local, state and federal emergency response agencies to practice their response to a simulated event at the Umatilla Chemical Depot and to have that response effort federally evaluated.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update -May 6, 2010.

 Weekly program update

 The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) will have a new Project General Manager in a couple weeks. It was announced recently that Steve Warren will take over as PGM beginning May 17. David Reber, who has been acting PGM for the past two months, will continue his assignment to assist UMCDF to safely and compliantly.

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - April 29, 2010.

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) began the HD mustard Agent Trial Burn (ATB) at 1:47 p.m. today. The ATB will be conducted in the Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) and the two Liquid Incinerators (LICs). he purpose of the ATB is threefold:
• To demonstrate compliance with permit limitations for plant emissions. In other words, the plant will show it can meet permit emission limits (including hydrochloric acid, mercury, particulate matter, dioxins, and furans) while burning mustard agent in the LICs and processing TCs through the MPF.
• To demonstrate compliance with all performance standards. UMCDF aims for a Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE) of 99.9999 percent, which ensures complete destruction of the agent.
• To establish incinerator operating conditions under which UMCDF will conduct the remainder of the mustard campaign in the MPF and LICs. In other words, the ATB will determine the maximum processing rate for agent through the LICs and establish how many TCs can be processed through the MPF in one day.

The ATB is expected to take up to 60 days to complete.

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - April 22, 2010.

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) announced Monday, April 19 that it completed its mission to destroy all non-stockpile materiel declared when the United States entered into the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty mandating the destruction of our Nation’s chemical warfare.


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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - April 15

UMCDF is scheduled to begin the mustard chemical agent and secondary waste trial burn for the Liquid Incinerators (LICs) and Metal Parts Furnace (MPF) soon. This trial burn will be conducted using mustard ton containers and agent, and will consist of a series of at least three test runs for each specific operating condition.

The results of these tests will be used to demonstrate compliance with permit limits, as well as establish the final incinerator operating conditions under which the UMCDF will conduct future ton container and agent processing. The trial burn is expected to take up to 60 days.

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Public input sought on depot plan

Dividing up the Umatilla Chemical Depot into areas for open space plus industrial, commercial and military use as envisioned by the Local Reuse Authority is the preferred plan in a new draft study open for public comment.

The Local Reuse Authority, a board appointed by the governor, has received 16 requests from organizations interested in using the depot’s land, buildings or surplus equipment.

Weekly status update, April 8, 2010

Update on a worker's exposure to mustard agent March 17

Independent laboratory analysis of the worker’s urine samples confirmed mustard agent exposure. These results validate an earlier determination that was based on medical observation of the skin blister and a review of facility activities, records and monitoring. The worker’s skin blister continues to heal well.
A Root Cause Analysis for the agent exposure has been completed. The analysis indicated four overarching issues contributed to the event: Conduct of operations, procedural compliance, mustard agent awareness and the entry planning process. The analysis requires immediate corrective actions that will be required to return to performing less-than-Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) entries, the highest level of protection. These changes include re-education and certification of employees involved in the entry process, modifications to procedures and the work authorization process, and enhanced management oversight of entries.

An Event Review Board will evaluate the implementation of the immediate corrective actions prior to resuming less-than-DPE entries.

Meetings have been ongoing with plant employees to share information about the incident. The “agent awareness” training re-emphasizes the importance of recognizing potential agent contamination and the risks from potential contact with agent or other substances that may be encountered during an entry. Refresher training on the “conduct of operations” (defined as the culture of behavior to safely, reliably and efficiently operate the facility) reaffirms that situational awareness must always be our No. 1 priority in the toxic areas, regardless of level of protective equipment.

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - April 1, 2010.

The Umatilla Chemical Depot and Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCF) are gearing up for a Chemical Surety Inspection (CSI) beginning next week.

The CSI, conducted by the Department of the Army Inspector General (DAIG) every couple years, probes all aspects of storage and handling of chemical weapons both at the depot and the disposal facility. This includes ensuring all employees are adhering to Army and URS rules and regulations.

http://www.cma.army.mil/fndocumentviewer.aspx?DocID=003682669

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - March 25, 2010.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Wednesday issued a final decision to approve the Permit Modification Request regarding the HD Agent Trial Burn  Plan. The approval came with several revisions to the most recently submitted version of the Permit Modification Request.

http://csepp.net/pressreleases/10Releases/10Mar25_WPU.pdf

Worker Exposure Status Update, March 22

Update on a worker’s exposure to mustard agent March 17 while doing maintenance in the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility’s main processing building.

http://www.cma.army.mil/fndocumentviewer.aspx?DocID=003682597 

Disposal facility worker may have come into contact with mustard agent March 19, 2010

An analysis is under way to determine if a Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility worker’s skin blister was caused by contact with mustard agent.
http://www.cma.army.mil/fndocumentviewer.aspx?DocID=003682581

Disposal facility worker may have come into contact with mustard agent March 19, 2010

An analysis is under way to determine if a Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility worker’s skin blister was caused by contact with mustard agent.  http://www.cma.army.mil/fndocumentviewer.aspx?DocID=003682555

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - March 18, 2010.

  http://www.cma.army.mil/fndocumentviewer.aspx?DocID=003682567

Umatilla Chemical Disposal Program. Weekly Status Report, March 4, 2010

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update March 4, 2010 20 area teachers receive educational grants, worth $500 each, supplied by URS Corporation and the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.  http://bit.ly/9ZhLZB

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - February 18, 2010

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - February 18, 2010. http://bit.ly/9B9U5L

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - 2/11/10

Depot resumes ton containers deliveries Wednesday. The first shipment in several months. Because the plant was unable to process ton containers until only recently, no Enhanced Onsite Containers have been received since Oct. 27, 2009. http://bit.ly/90iHqe

Disposal Facility weekly project update 2/ 4/10

Beginning next week, staff from the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) will be on the installation to conduct a Site Assistance Visit (SAV). The intent of the SAV, conducted at the request of the depot commander, is to provide an independent review and assessment of all or a portion of the chemical surety program, and to provide assistance in interpreting surety requirements and correcting problem areas.
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Umatilla Chemical Depot Weekly Update, January 27

Weekly project update, Umatilla Chemical Depot. The UMCDF resumed mustard agent disposal Jan. 24,  http://bit.ly/c27WjL

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) resumed mustard agent disposal Sunday, Jan. 24, after a pause to address regulatory requirements. The facility last processed ton containers on Oct. 27, 2009.
The UMCDF disposed of its first ton container at 4:13 p.m. Sunday, January 24..

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Weekly Project Update - January 21

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Weekly Project Update - January 21, 2010 http://bit.ly/4qI8z4

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) surpassed 6 million work hours without a lost-time accident on Jan. 15, marking nearly three and a half years since a UMCDF employee missed work because of an injury. 

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility more than 6 million work hours without a lost-time accident

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility more than 6 million work hours without a lost-time accident. http://bit.ly/6by188

Disposal Facility weekly project update - January 14, 2010. UMCDF Plant Manager position changes hands http://bit.ly/4qevx6

December 17, 2009

December 17 weekly status report, Umatilla Chemical Depot.
Depot chemical operations monitoring workers detected
trace amounts of HD mustard chemical agent vapor
Tuesday inside a depot storage structure or “igloo” that
houses bulk containers. The traces of mustard chemical
agent vapor were detected during routine weekly monitoring.
The vapor is likely due to a leaking bulk container.