Presented to: Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Kentucky Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board Presented by: Anthony Reed Deputy Site Project Manager

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Blue Grass Chemical Agent-
Destruction Pilot Plant Quarterly
Update
September 12, 2012
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and
Kentucky Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board
Presented by:
Anthony Reed
Deputy Site Project Manager

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 Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA) program will be
realigned from having been a separate reporting activity of Army
Materiel Command (AMC) to that of a Program Executive Office
attached to the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)
 Change from Program Manager to PEO was made to increase
visibility, obtain greater support
 ACWA will continue to report directly to the Office of the Secretary
of Defense as required by law
 USAASC is a Direct Reporting Unit (DRU)
– A “DRU” is an Army organization comprised of one or more units with
institutional or operational support functions normally to provide broad
general support to the Army in a single, unique discipline not otherwise
available elsewhere in the Army
Programmatic Update
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Programmatic Update (cont.)
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Line Authority Support and Administrative Attachment
Mr. Andrew Weber
Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Nuclear , Chemical and Biological Defense
Programs)
Dr. Tom Hopkins
Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense
(Threat Reduction and Arms Control)
Ms. Heidi Shyu
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
Army Acquisition Executive
Mr. Craig Spisak
Director
U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
Mr. Conrad Whyne
Program Executive Officer
Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
Mr. Frank Kendall
Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
Defense Acquisition Executive
Intermediate Headquarters Omitted

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Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction
Pilot Plant Schedule
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September
2012
Operations
Closure
Construction
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SystemizationBlue
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 Construction now more than
56 percent complete
 Systemization activities now
more than 2 percent complete
 All Munitions Demilitarization
Building (MDB) concrete has
been placed
 MDB structural steel topping
off is currently scheduled for
October
 Laboratory Building is nearing
completion and early phases
of systemization will soon
commence
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction
Pilot Plant Update
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A project ironworker grinds concrete around an embed
in the Munitions Demilitarization Building. All concrete
on the MDB is now complete.

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 Construction update video on Facebook
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction
Pilot Plant Update (cont’d)
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Explosive Destruction Technologies
 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process is underway
– ACWA is well into the NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA)
– BGCAPP continues to communicate with the Kentucky Department for
Environmental Protection on the potential permitting process
 Pueblo has Finding of No Significant Impact
– No significant environmental impacts to result from installation and
operation of Explosive Destruction Technology at Pueblo Chemical Depot
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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