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The Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) was responsible for the safe and environmentally sound destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles previously stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, and the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado, now known as the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity-West.
The safe destruction of 523 tons of chemical weapons completed at Madison County’s Blue Grass Army ... who works in the Program Executive Office for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ...
The tenant organization, Blue Grass Chemical Activity, is responsible for the chemical weapons stored at BGAD. BGCA is part of the Army's Chemical Materials Activity, headquartered in Edgewood, Maryland. The demilitarization of the chemical weapons is the responsibility of a third organization, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA).
The primary remaining chemical weapon storage facilities in the U.S. became Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. [27] These two facilities held 10.25% of the U.S. 1997 declared stockpile and destruction operations are under the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives. [28]
Nearly 90% of the one remaining chemical weapon stored at the depot in Madison County has been destroyed. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
With 383,000 105mm shells filled with mustard agent destroyed, 89% of the stockpile kept at Pueblo has been destroyed. Work could finish in 2023.
"ACWA - Blue Grass - Chemical Weapons Disposal". Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program. United States Department of Defense. July 25, 2004. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army
The Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) which is under the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) program destroyed its stockpile of 155mm and 105mm artillery shells and 4.2-inch mortars, all of which contained a form of the chemical agent mustard gas.