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U.S. Army Completes Major Chemical Production Facilities Demolition at Pine Bluff Arsenal
The U.S. Army has destroyed a large section of the former chemical production facility within the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas, the Army announced yesterday in a press release (see GSN, Oct. 4). Demolition of the Pine Bluff Integrated Binary Production Facilities (IBPF) was mandated under the international Chemical Weapons Convention, which bans the production and stockpiling of all chemical munitions. “The Army is committed to meeting the nation’s international obligations and we’re pleased with the progress so far on the IBPF demolition,” said William Brankowitz, deputy project manager for the Army’s Nonstockpile Chemical Materiel Program. “By all indications we are on schedule to meet our completion deadline of April 2007.” Destruction of the QL production and fill facility was declared complete on June 21. Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the international body responsible for monitoring compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, inspected the QL area on Aug. 25 and verified completion of the project. Work on eliminating other sites in the complex is expected to begin before the end of the year, Brankowitz said. The Integrated Binary Production Facilities contained chemical production plants and three munition fill buildings, according to the statement (U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency release, Nov. 2).
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