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Kentuckians Briefed on Chemical Weapon Destruction Plans
The planned chemical weapons destruction facility at the U.S. Army’s Blue Grass, Ky., depot is scheduled to begin construction next year, according to officials speaking at a briefing Thursday for Kentucky residents (see GSN, June 18, 2003). The current plan calls for destroying the depot’s 523 tons of chemical weapons — including GB (sarin), VX and mustard agents — through chemical neutralization instead of a more controversial incineration process, according to the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader. The officials said they were on schedule to complete 10 percent of the facility’s design by the end of this month and to file an initial construction permit by March 16. Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2005, the officials said. Some residents at the briefing expressed concern over the safety of the neutralization process, but others said they were pleased that the Army was eliminating the stockpile and doing so without incineration, the Herald-Leader reported (Peter Mathews, Lexington Herald-Leader, Jan. 23).
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