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Lawsuit Challenges VX Waste Transport
A federal lawsuit filed by seven environmental organizations seeks to stop U.S. Army plans to transport waste produced by neutralization of VX nerve agent in Indiana for processing in New Jersey and discharge into the Delaware River, The News Journal reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 21). The Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility to date has destroyed roughly one-third of 1,269 tons of chemical agent stored nearby. Hydrolysate waste is being kept on-site, but ultimately is to be shipped to a DuPont plant for treatment. Plaintiffs say that would violate the federal law prohibiting movement of chemical weapons across state lines and argue that the Army has not yet finished a necessary environmental impact assessment of its plan. “The law is very clear that all chemical weapons are supposed to be destroyed in the state where they are located,” said Tracy Carluccio, a member of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. “They’re not supposed to be transported out of state.” The Riverkeeper Network is joined in the lawsuit by the American Littoral Society, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Pennsylvania Clean Water Action, Delaware Audubon Society, New Jersey Environmental Federation and the New Jersey Audubon Society. The Army and DuPont argue that transporting and treating the waste is safe, the News Journal reported. DuPont in 2005 revamped its treatment process to prevent any potentially dangerous materials from entering the river (Jeff Montgomery, The News Journal, Dec. 21).
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