Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update week ending November 18, 2011.

Team Umatilla honors its currently serving vets

Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) Project General Manager Steve Warren presents a plaque to Matt Fetters in appreciation of his service to our country at a ceremony honoring Team Umatilla veterans Thursday, Nov. 10.

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Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility weekly project update for week ending November 4, 2011.

Closure activities in full swing at plant

A crane removes a section of the Brine Reduction Area (BRA) pollution abatement system (PAS) exhaust stack after it was cut with a torch by a sub-contractor.

The Container Handling Building (CHB) stands empty after more than seven years of storing Enhanced Onsite Containers (EONCs) with either test or real chemical agent munitions.

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UMCDF skyline changes as brine stack comes down

 The first obvious physical change to the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF) since the completion of agent processing last week occurred this morning when the Brine Reduction Area (BRA) pollution abatement system (PAS) stack was removed.

“Today, the UMCDF plant skyline changed for the first time since construction was completed in 2001,” said Gary Anderson, UMCDF Site Project Manager. “Closure activities have now begun in earnest.”

Subcontractor Brandenburg Industrial made torch cuts on the 65-foot-high exhaust stack and then used a crane to lift the two sections to the ground. The entire BRA-PAS building is being removed as closure work at the plant gears up. The BRA-PAS demolition work is expected to be completed by next month.

About half of the plant structures will be demolished over the next two to three years to comply with the UMCDF’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permit from the state. All areas used to process chemical agent or the exhaust from the furnaces will be torn down.

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