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Oregon Panel Clears Chemical Weapon Incinerator
The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission voted 4-0 on Friday to allow chemical weapons incineration to begin this week at the U.S. Army’s Umatilla Chemical Depot in Hermiston, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Aug 12). “I’m sure some may feel it’s overdue,” said commission Chairman Mark Reeve. “Others who never want to see it operate feel it’s too soon. But I think it’s the appropriate time given the circumstances that we’re in,” he added. Operations are expected to begin on Wednesday, when 15 sarin-filled rockets are to be transported from a storage igloo at the depot to the incinerator, said U.S. Army spokeswoman Mary Binder. On Thursday, one rocket is to be chopped, drained, and put through a special furnace. Nerve agent will be placed in a storage tank until there is enough collected for incineration, which is expected to take about a month, Binder said. A motion filed by opponents of the burning plan to stop the incineration is expected to be heard today (Jeff Barnard, Associated Press/Albany Democrat-Herald, Aug. 13).
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