Tooele Resumes VX Destruction

The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Utah proceeded with chemical weapons disposal Friday after suspending work for more than a week to verify compliance with new federal air-quality regulations, the U.S. Army announced (see GSN, Oct. 25).

Workers have resumed processing the depot’s stockpile of spray tanks filled with VX nerve agent, according to the statement (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Oct. 29).

Meanwhile, Thaddeus (Ted) Ryba Jr. has replaced Dale Ormond as Tooele site project manager, the Chemical Materials Agency announced yesterday. Ormond was named deputy assistant secretary of the Army for the elimination of chemical weapons (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Nov. 1).

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