Presented to: Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board Presented by: Jeff Brubaker Site Project Manager

1. Blue Grass Chemical Agent-
Destruction Pilot Plant
Quarterly Update
June 4, 2013
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization
Citizens’ Advisory Commission and
Chemical Destruction Community
Advisory Board
Presented by:
Jeff Brubaker
Site Project Manager

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 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Treaty Council Visit
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction
Pilot Plant Update
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Executive Council Chair and Director General as well as contingent ambassadors from
around the world visited the BGCAPP project and met with the Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical
Destruction Community Advisory Board as part of their visit.

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Northwestern Corner - Observation Point
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Hydrolysate Storage Area
Control and Support Building
Munitions Demilitarization Building (MDB) Filter Banks
MDB
Utility Building
Supercritical Water Oxidation Building (not visible in photo)
Laboratory Building (not visible in photo)
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Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction
Pilot Plant Construction Site (May 2013)

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Blue Grass Updates
 Construction now more than 68
percent complete
 Systemization activities now more
than 8 percent complete
 Workers are installing the Munitions
Washout System and rocket
demilitarization equipment
 Reverse Osmosis equipment has been
received and is awaiting placement
 Supercritical Water Oxidation
equipment is slated for delivery late
summer
 Enclosure of the Munitions
Demilitarization Building is almost
complete
 Construction of Hydrolysate Storage
Area tanks is progressing
Project workers install the roof on the second of
what will be five tanks in the Hydrolysate Storage
Area. These tanks will hold the wastewater from
processing, hydrolysate, before it is treated in the
supercritical water oxidation process.

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Explosive Destruction Technologies
Environmental Assessment (EA)
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 Release of the EA and a draft Finding of No Significant
Impact is expected toward the end of June
 The release will be widely advertised and the document will
be on-line, in our information repositories and at the Blue
Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office
 Release of the EA will open a 30-day public comment period.
Complete instructions on how and where to comment will be
provided
 During the public comment period, a public meeting will be
held to further explain the EA and to respond to stakeholder
questions on the document

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Safety Performance
12-month rolling rate
Accidents per 200,000 job hours
 Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Voluntary Protection Program Star Status site
 Lost-time injury rate is 88 percent lower and
recordable injury rate is 31 percent lower
than industry average
 As of April 30, 2013 the project has worked
864,835 hours and 171 days without a lost
time accident.
 Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Voluntary Protection Program Star Status site
 Lost-time injury rate is 88 percent lower and
recordable injury rate is 31 percent lower
than industry average
 As of April 30, 2013 the project has worked
864,835 hours and 171 days without a lost
time accident.
3.9
1.5
2.68
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Recordable Injuries Lost-Time Injuries
Construction Industry
Bechtel Parsons

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Current Staffing
Sheet-metal workers insulate ducting on top of the Munitions Demilitarization Building
(top left), while electricians install lighting in the Control and Support Building.
 Total project
employment―1,077
 Richmond, Ky.―1,063
― Nonmanual―553
― Craft―510
― Local hires―58 percent
 Other locations―14
― San Diego, Calif.
― Columbus, Ohio
― Frederick, Md.

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Blue Grass-Specific Equipment Update
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Design
Fabrication
OnSite
Installation
Testing
Equipment Purpose
Status
- update since last meeting

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Control and Support Building
Electricians stage large cable spools outside the Control and
Support Building (CSB) (above) for future cable pulling activities.
Inside the CSB, electricians install intricate wiring within facility
control system cabinets (at right).

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Munitions Demilitarization Building
Construction crews work to set the Rocket Cutting Machine and
associated conveyors (above) inside the Munitions
Demilitarization Building. Elsewhere inside the building, the
Rocket Shear Machine (at right) has been set.

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Munitions Demilitarization Building
(continued)
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An electrician installs components at one of two large Munitions
Demilitarization Building (MDB) filter areas (above). An electrician
installs cable tray and conduit inside the MDB (at right).

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Hydrolysate Storage Area and Supercritical
Water Oxidation Process Building
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Boilermakers have erected three of five Hydrolysate Storage
Area tanks (above). Construction crews install reinforcing steel
for a future effluent process tank area foundation (at right)
adjacent to the SCWO Building.

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Utility Building
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A pipefitter aligns piping inside the Utility Building boiler room
(above) and elsewhere in the building air handling unit dryers (at
right) have been installed.

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Questions/Discussion
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For more information about the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant project,
please contact the Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office at (859) 626-8944.

15. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP UPDATE
Presented by
Craig Williams, EDWG co-chair
4 June 2013

16. Excerpts from Phase I - Draft Job Loss Aversion
• Any attempt to plan for mitigating the effects of an anticipated economic event begins
with an accurate and realistic understanding of the area’s existing workforce and
economic environment.
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• STUDY AREA DEFINITION
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• The area specified for this study consists of the Kentucky counties of Madison and
Rockcastle, known as the Richmond-Berea, KY micropolitan statistical area. Madison
County is the home of the principal cities of the micro area, Richmond and Berea, as well
as Boonesboro, Kirksville and Waco. In addition to its county seat of Mount Vernon,
Rockcastle County includes the cities of Brodhead and Livingston.

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