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United States: Oregon Governor Questions Neutralization at Umatilla Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber said he is not comfortable with U.S. Army plans to use water neutralization to dispose of more than 2,400 tons of mustard gas stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, March 25). After touring the depot, Kitzhaber told Hermiston, Ore., community leaders that he is not inclined “to change horses now,” concerning the disposal method to be used on the gas agent stored at Umatilla. The Army previously planned to burn the mustard gas and still plans to incinerate all other Umatilla chemical weapons, according to the AP. Kitzhaber also said he would continue to pressure the U.S. Defense Department for aid for Umatilla and Morrow counties. County residents are angry that the Defense Department has denied their requests for aid, while providing more than $40 million to Calhoun County, Ala., the site of a chemical weapons incinerator at the Army Anniston depot. Kitzhaber said he does not want to make comparisons between Oregon and Alabama. “I’m unwilling to blackmail” the Army in order to obtain impact aid, he said (Associated Press, April 3).
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