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Umatilla Expected to Resume Disposal This Week
The U.S. Army’s Umatilla Chemical Depot in Oregon is expected to resume weapons disposal this week following an incident in which two employees allowed a small amount of chemical agent vapor to escape into another room, a spokesman for the facility’s contract operator said (see GSN, Dec. 3). The incident occurred Dec. 1 when the workers unclamped an operating filter unit rather than the filter they were supposed to fix, the East Oregonian reported. They employees were not hurt and no chemical agent was released into the atmosphere. Depot officials are reviewing a report on the incident, said Rick Kelley, spokesman for contractor Washington Demilitarization Co. No details of the report were available. The incident was the third to halt work at the facility since chemical weapons disposal began in September, the East Oregonian reported (Amy Jo Brown, East Oregonian, Dec. 13).
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