Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - May 26, 2011.

Jeff Wallace, a retired circuit court judge and former district attorney, was named the new team leader for the Umatilla Outreach Office last week. Wallace replaces Steve Meyers, who left the post in March.

Wallace previously served as public affairs specialist for the Oregon National Guard before entering the law field in the late 1970s. He also was the Morrow County district attorney for six years and circuit court judge in Hermiston from 1993 until his retirement this January.

More

Umatilla Depot Weekly Update 19 May 2011

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) Site Project Manager Gary Anderson and URS Operations Manager Kim Jackson will share the challenges, experiences and victories of the UMCDF project with delegates of the 14th Annual International Chemical Weapons Demilitarization (CWD) conference in Interlaken, Switzerland, next week.

More

Umatilla Chemical depot achieves one million hours without lost time injury

Government workers at the Umatilla Chemical Depot reached a safety milestone on May 21, achieving one million consecutive man-hours without a lost workday injury. This is equivalent to 521 consecutive days for the workforce of 282 employees.

“This is a testament to the dedication of the workforce and our safety culture at UMCD,” said Lt. Col. Kris N. Perkins, UMCD commander. “We are only the second Chemical Material Agency depot to achieve one million hours. I am extremely proud of the workforce in achieving such an important safety milestone.”

More

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - 12 May 2011

Fourteen members of the Waste Treatment Plant Project Organization at Hanford, Wash., toured the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Tuesday and received an engineering overview briefing.

The Umatilla Chemical Depot last week submitted a Class 2 Permit Modification Request proposing revisions to the depot’s Hazardous WasteStorage Permit. In general, the Permit Modification Request included changes to the Permit, which are affected by the incorporation of the UMCD Resource Conservation Recovery Act  Closure Plan.
More

Umatilla Depot Weekly Update, May 5, Two Milestones Passed

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility passed two processing milestones this week.

During processing this past week, the plant surpassed the 75 percent mark for total tons of agent destroyed. This number includes the complete destruction of the original stockpiles of the nerve agents GB and VX stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot. About 62 percent of the original HD mustard blister agent stockpile has been destroyed.

Also, the plant processed the 1,635th HD ton container through the Metal Parts Furnace. This means that fewer than 1,000 ton containers remain to be destroyed. The final ton container is expected to be processed in late November of this year.

More

Umatilla Chemical Agent Depot processing final 1,000 ton containers

On May 5, 2011 the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility destroyed its 1,635th mustard agent filled ton container, leaving 1,000 TCs remaining in inventory. This represents destruction of 62 percent of the HD mustard ton containers and 99.5 percent of the chemical stockpile. UMCDF is in its 13th and final agent destruction campaign which began in June 2009.

“The UMCDF workforce is to be commended for their steadfast efforts,” said Gary Anderson, UMCDF Site Project Manager. “Their dedication will enable the Chemical Materials Agency, Department of Army and the United States to meet its international Chemical Weapons Convention treaty obligations. Our project schedule estimates completion of the mustard campaign in November of this year.”

More