U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program

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United States Department of Defense program military program

The U.S. Chemical Demilitarization Program is a U.S. Department of Defense initiative responsible for safely destroying the nation’s stockpile of chemical weapons in compliance with international arms control agreements.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Chemical Stockpile Elimination program	1
U.S. chemical demilitarization program	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense program ⓘ military program ⓘ
communityEngagement	citizen advisory commissions at stockpile sites ⓘ
compliesWith	Chemical Weapons Convention destruction deadlines (with extensions) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
destroys	binary chemical munitions ⓘ bulk chemical agent storage containers ⓘ lewisite ⓘ nerve agents ⓘ sulfur mustard agents ⓘ
endTime	2023 ⓘ
hasPart	Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program ⓘ Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ⓘ U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland ⓘ
implements	Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
legalBasis	Public Law 99-145 ⓘ surface form: Public Law 100-456 Public Law 102-484 ⓘ Public Law 103-160 ⓘ Public Law 104-106 ⓘ Public Law 99-145 ⓘ
mission	compliance with international arms control agreements ⓘ protection of public health and the environment during chemical weapons destruction ⓘ safe destruction of recovered chemical warfare materiel ⓘ safe destruction of the U.S. binary chemical weapons stockpile ⓘ safe destruction of the U.S. unitary chemical weapons stockpile ⓘ
notableEvent	completion of destruction of declared U.S. chemical weapons stockpile in 2023 ⓘ
operator	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
oversightBy	Defense Threat Reduction Agency ⓘ Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ surface form: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons United States Congress ⓘ surface form: U.S. Congress
parentOrganization	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
primarySites	Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility ⓘ Anniston Army Depot ⓘ surface form: Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ⓘ Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System ⓘ Newport Chemical Depot ⓘ surface form: Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Pine Bluff Arsenal ⓘ surface form: Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant ⓘ Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility ⓘ Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility ⓘ
safetyFocus	environmental protection ⓘ risk reduction to surrounding communities ⓘ worker safety ⓘ
startTime	1985 ⓘ
stockpileLocations	Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Aberdeen Proving Ground Anniston Army Depot ⓘ Blue Grass Army Depot ⓘ Johnston Atoll ⓘ Newport Chemical Depot ⓘ Pine Bluff Arsenal ⓘ Pueblo Chemical Depot ⓘ Tooele Army Depot ⓘ Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility ⓘ surface form: Umatilla Chemical Depot
usesMethod	biotreatment of hydrolysate ⓘ chemical neutralization ⓘ explosive destruction technologies ⓘ incineration ⓘ supercritical water oxidation (planned or evaluated at some sites) ⓘ

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