Treatment of Aberdeen Mustard Gas Destruction Byproduct Is Working Smoothly, Officials Say

The disposal of a byproduct created by the destruction of mustard gas at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland has proceeded without incident and ahead of schedule, Today’s Sunbeam reported yesterday (see GSN, June 18).

Last year, DuPont signed a contract with Bechtel National to transport and dispose of the byproduct, known as hydrolysate, created by the neutralization of mustard gas agent. The first hydrolysate shipment to a DuPont facility occurred in mid-June 2002 and the facility is expected to receive all of the byproduct by next spring, said DuPont plant manager John Strait.

While shipments were halted for about two months earlier this year for refinements to the unloading process, the overall operation is two years ahead of schedule, DuPont spokeswoman Michelle Reardon said (Steve Eichmann, Today’s Sunbeam, Nov. 25).

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