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

1. Blue Grass Chemical Agent-
Destruction Pilot Plant
Quarterly Update
March 12, 2013
Presented to:
Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization
Citizens’ Advisory Commission and
Kentucky Chemical Destruction
Community Advisory Board
Presented by:
Jeff Brubaker
Site Project Manager

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 Construction now more than 65
percent complete
 Systemization activities now
more than 9 percent complete
 Completion of the structural
steel on the Munitions
Demilitarization Building (MDB)
 Delivery of the Munitions
Washout System and Rocket
Shear Machine equipment
 Completion and delivery of the
first of two MDB filter bank
Clean-Air Exhaust Stacks
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Pilot Plant Update
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One half of the first 120-foot Clean-Air Exhaust Stack is offloaded for
temporary storage in the Hwy. 52 lay-down yard. It will be installed in
accordance with the construction schedule.

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 Final Munitions Demilitarization Building Filter Bank Concrete
Placement video on Facebook
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Pilot Plant Update (cont’d)
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The workers spent approximately eight hours placing 540 cubic yards of concrete to complete the
second half of the east filter bank foundation.

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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 (March 2013)

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Blue Grass Hot Topics
 The BGCAPP project team continues to focus on
successful construction and is working with the
headquarters team to determine potential funding
impacts
 The project team is looking forward to installing the
Munitions Washout System and rocket motor
disassembly equipment in the upcoming months
 The National Research Council is currently conducting a
study on the systemization phase for Supercritical
Water Oxidation and reverse osmosis system
 In the upcoming months, the project team will be
asking the Secondary Waste Working Group to consider
options for disposal of rocket motors

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Explosive Destruction Technologies
(EDT)
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 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process is continuing
– 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
– The public comment period for the EA is currently scheduled for the June
timeframe
 Pueblo has Finding of No Significant Impact
– No significant environmental impacts to result from installation and
operation of EDT at Pueblo Chemical Depot
– A EDT technology decision for Pueblo is pending

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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