The Umatilla Chemical Depot (UMCD) is one of six Army installations in the United States that currently store chemical weapons. The chemical weapons originally stored at the depot consisted of various munitions and ton containers containing GB or VX nerve agents or HD blister agent. All munitions containing GB and VX nerve agents have been destroyed.
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May 17, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) today hosted a formal ceremony in recognition of the January 21, 2012, milestone—the successful completion of its chemical agent stockpile disposal mission.
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May 15, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is hosting a formal ceremony in recognition of CMA’s Jan. 21, 2012, successful completion of its stockpile disposal mission.
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April 23, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) safely completed the Unventilated Monitoring Tests (UMT) on April 19, 2012.
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April 17, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
Civilian government employees completed their workday today, Monday, April 16, with an unprecedented milestone; one million consecutive hours of work without a lost-time injury.
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April 10, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. (April 10, 2012) – The first Anniston Chemical Activity (ANCA) reduction in force that became effective this weekend resulted in one employee being involuntarily separated from government service.
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March 12, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
Army officials report a Real Time Analytical Platform, a mobile monitoring laboratory, detected low levels of Mustard agent vapor in a chemical weapons igloo containing 155 mm projectiles this morning.
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March 8, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The Umatilla Chemical Depot and Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility will hold a public ceremony to celebrate the End of UMCDF Chemical Demilitarization Operations and the Destruction of the UMCD Chemical Weapons Stockpile.
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January 24, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) today announced the appointment of Don E. Barclay as its Acting Director, effective February 26, 2012.
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January 23, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) completed the destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile at Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) in Utah on Jan. 21, 2012.
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January 18, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
Workers began processing the depot’s last remaining chemical agent, Lewisite through the Area 10 Liquid Incinerator.
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January 18, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
Col. Mark B. Pomeroy, depot commander; Ted Ryba, TOCDF site project manager; and Gary McCloskey, will host a news conference .
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January 13, 2012 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
With chemical weapons destruction operations nearing their end at the U.S. Army's Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) the first of several planned project staffing reductions began today by system contractor URS.
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December 20, 2011 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
The results of a Dec. 5 – 6 inspection by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and completion of all Treaty verification activities confirmed that no chemical weapons remain in storage
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December 19, 2011 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
Workers at DCD’s Area 10 Liquid Incinerator today began destruction operations targeting the last bulk agent stockpile—less than one dozen ton containers of Lewisite blister agent, the only such stockpile in the U.S.
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November 29, 2011 in Umatilla Chemical Depot by clevine
Anniston Chemical Activity (ANCA) officials today issued letters to several employees telling them either they will be moved from their current jobs to other positions or they will be separated from civil service effective April 7, 2012
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