The depot’s sirens will be sounded, but not the community sirens. This is a coordinated exercise between the depot, the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, and off-post communities.
Although this is only an exercise, such events are excellent opportunities for individuals – whether at home or work – to stop and ask themselves if they, their families, loved ones or co-workers know what to do if an actual emergency or security incident were to occur. Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness officials recommend residents develop emergency plans for their homes and businesses.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - August 25, 2011
Disposal facility gets OK to run Liquid Incinerators at 100% feed rates
The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) has received approval from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to increase the Liquid Incinerator processing rate from 75 percent to 100 percent of the feed rate demonstrated during the mustard agent trial burn and comprehensive performance test.
This approval follows a prior regulatory acceptance of the agent trial burn report of July 5, 2011, confirming the testing and results were in compliance with the applicable standards and permit conditions. UMCDF is now authorized to commence hazardous waste feed based on the rates demonstrated during the agent trial burn for agent and spent decontamination solution.
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Umatilla Chemical Depot Weekly Update Aug. 18, 2011
Rinsate Emissions Demonstration Test (EDT) is being conducted at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) to quantify what is coming out of the stack from Liquid Incinerator (LIC) 2.
Rinsate processing began on April 21, 2011, and personnel on each crew have been training as feed has been ramped up to 950 lbs. per hour. Sustained operation has been demonstrated by feeding for eight hours at a time with no waste feed cutoff. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Rinsate Permit Modification Request (PMR) allowed up to 350 hours to “shakedown” the new system prior to performing an EDT at full feed rate. The UMCDF utilized 220 hours of the shakedown time and commenced Run 1 of the rinsate test on Aug. 10.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - 11 Aug '11
Overfilled TC Campaign Complete
The splash shield and skirt designed and fabricated by UMCDF to reduce agent contamination in the Bulk Drain Station (BDS) during overfilled ton container (TC) processing worked like a charm. The final, and heaviest, overfilled TC was punched and drained on Wednesday without incident, concluding a very successful two-week Overfilled TC Campaign. Steve Warren, UMCDF’s project general manager, said the creation of the splash shield was a great example of the project’s ability to evaluate a problem or challenge, determine a safe and compliant course of action, and then implement it successfully.
Operations Manager Kim Jackson said multiple departments cooperated to help ensure the success of the campaign, including Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, QA/QC, Environmental and the Field Office.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Rinsate system speeds up mustard campaign
Thanks to an innovative process not used anywhere else in the demilitarization world, the Umatilla Chemical AgentDisposal Facility (UMCDF) is expected to finish destroying the last of the mustard blisteragent stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot well ahead of the April 2012 internationaltreaty deadline.
UMCDF uses two furnaces to destroy mustard agent, a Liquid Incinerator (LIC) and a Metal Parts Furnace (MPF). The Rinsate Collection System (RCS), which went into operation last April, has allowed the LIC to do more of the work, trimming weeks off the facility’s production schedule in the process. That will potentially save the Army, and taxpayers, millions of dollars.
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UMCDF uses two furnaces to destroy mustard agent, a Liquid Incinerator (LIC) and a Metal Parts Furnace (MPF). The Rinsate Collection System (RCS), which went into operation last April, has allowed the LIC to do more of the work, trimming weeks off the facility’s production schedule in the process. That will potentially save the Army, and taxpayers, millions of dollars.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - August 4, 2011
Overfilled Ton Container campaign under way
Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility plans to process nine “overfilled” ton containers (TCs) over the next few days, taking special precautions to avoid spilling agent in the Bulk Drain Station room.
Overfilled TCs were filled to the brim, making it hard to avoid spilling agent when the container is punched. The first time an overfilled TC was punched about a year ago, agent splashed across the room, forcing extensive deconning and clean up.
That should be avoided when the remaining overfilled TCs are processed, thanks to a splash shield fabricated by UMCDF personnel.
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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility plans to process nine “overfilled” ton containers (TCs) over the next few days, taking special precautions to avoid spilling agent in the Bulk Drain Station room.
Overfilled TCs were filled to the brim, making it hard to avoid spilling agent when the container is punched. The first time an overfilled TC was punched about a year ago, agent splashed across the room, forcing extensive deconning and clean up.
That should be avoided when the remaining overfilled TCs are processed, thanks to a splash shield fabricated by UMCDF personnel.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update - July 28, 2011
Major pre-closure work gets under way
A contractor began staging materials this week at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility for the removal of refractory brick from the Deactivation Furnace System afterburner and cyclone..
The work is one of the first significant pre-closure activities to start at the facility, along with removal of some major components from the Brine Reduction Area last year. The brick removal is scheduled to last about six weeks.
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A contractor began staging materials this week at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility for the removal of refractory brick from the Deactivation Furnace System afterburner and cyclone..
The work is one of the first significant pre-closure activities to start at the facility, along with removal of some major components from the Brine Reduction Area last year. The brick removal is scheduled to last about six weeks.
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