Pueblo Weapons Destruction Program Could be Delayed Under Bush 2005 Budget

A program to destroy chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado could be postponed indefinitely because of cuts in the Bush administration’s proposed fiscal 2005 budget, the Pueblo Chieftain reported today.

It was reported last month that the Defense Department might not be able to follow through on plans to accelerate the destruction of chemical weapons at its Pueblo and Blue Grass, Ky., depots (see GSN, Jan. 14).

According to today’s Chieftain report, while Pueblo’s estimated $151.7 million budget was cut to $4.9 million, the Kentucky program was budgeted for the full expected $105.8 million.

The Pueblo Citizens Advisory Commission last week sent a resolution to the Army urging that the chemical weapons disposal effort at the depot not be delayed (John Norton, Pueblo Chieftain, Feb. 3).

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