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• Army steps closer to destroying Colo. chemical weapons

  August 13, 2012 12:09 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Army says using explosives to destroy leaking chemical weapons at a Colorado storage site would cause no significant environmental impacts. The finding was released Monday. It brings the Army one step closer to destroying an estimated 780,000 shells containing 2,600 tons of mustard agent stored at... more »

• Pueblo's chemical stockpile on countdown to destruction

  September 26, 2011 7:27 PM

  For more than half a century the Pueblo Chemical Depot has stored 2,600 tons of mustard agent--a lethal chemical used during World War I. But in just a few years all those weapons will be destroyed and managers say safety is the focus. "Protection of the workers and the public... more »

• Pueblo chemical stockpile on path to destruction

  September 26, 2011 12:23 PM

  Work is almost complete on a $3.5 billion project to destroy hundreds of tons of mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot east of Pueblo. Here's a quick glance at the timeline to destroy the chemical stockpile which has been stored at the depot since the 1950s. Pueblo Chemical... more »

• Mustard agent disposal nearly complete in Utah

  May 16, 2011 4:37 PM

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The U.S. Army says it will reach a major milestone when the final large container of liquid mustard agent stored at a Utah facility is destroyed. Officials at the U.S. Army's Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele-about 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City - say... more »

• Mustard leak contained at Pueblo Chemical Depot

  February 3, 2011 7:33 AM

  PUEBLO (AP)-Army officials say they have found and sealed five artillery shells that had leaked mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Depot spokesman Chuck Sprague said Wednesday the leaks were detected in September when the air was tested in one of the storage bunkers. Crews installed a... more »

• Army trims estimate on chem weapons to be blown up

  September 29, 2010 3:21 PM

  The Army now says it plans to use explosives to destroy as many as 38,000 mustard agent shells at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, down slightly from 40,000 it estimated earlier. Kevin Flamm, who oversees plans to destroy the shells, gave the new estimate on Tuesday. He's in Colorado to... more »

• Army cuts back plan to blow up Pueblo chemical arms

  September 14, 2010 4:14 PM

  The Army is cutting back on the number of mustard agent shells it wants to explode in closed chambers at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. The Army proposes to use explosions to destroy up to 40,000 shells, down from 125,000 in an earlier plan. The Army says data and... more »

• Pueblo company lands Chemical Depot Contract

  August 9, 2010 1:22 PM

  A Pueblo company, MASS Services and Supply, has landed a contract to install sets of filters on each chemical storage igloo at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. The Army awarded a $1.3 million contract to Science Applications International Corporation of McLean, Virginia, which subcontracted the work to MASS. MASS will... more »

• Pueblo chemical weapons shipped out of state

  August 3, 2010 8:32 AM

  Army officials say they have transported liquid and vapor samples of mustard agent from the Pueblo Chemical Depot for testing in labs in Ohio and Texas. The samples were removed and shipped last month under Army escort. Officials say samples were taken from 11 steel bottles designed for... more »

• Army reseals 3 chemical weapons in Pueblo

  June 15, 2010 8:25 AM

  The Army has resealed three shells that were leaking mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot. Depot spokesman Chuck Sprague says the leaks were very small and that none of the vapor got out of the bunker where the shells are stored. No one was injured. The vapor... more »

• Pueblo chemical weapons waste sent to Texas

  April 27, 2010 12:39 PM

  Hazardous waste from old chemical munitions sampling operations, spills and decontamination procedures associated with leaking mustard agent-filled munitions were packed up at the Pueblo Chemical Depot on Monday and shipped to Texas. The barrels were loaded into three transport trucks and taken to a hazardous waste destruction facility at... more »

• Meeting today on Army's proposal to blow up weapons

  April 27, 2010 11:48 AM

  A public meeting will be held this afternoon to talk about the Army's proposal to speed up the destruction of stockpiles at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, by blowing some of them up. The meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Old Town Carriage House, 102... more »

• Study: No big impact from blowing up mustard agent

  March 1, 2010 10:55 AM

  An environmental assessment predicts no significant impacts from a plan to blow up thousands of shells containing mustard agent at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado. Shells would be exploded inside a closed chamber. The Army has proposed the technology to speed up destruction of 2,600 tons of mustard agent.... more »

• Federal budget includes money for Pueblo Chemical Depot

  February 2, 2010 5:22 PM

  President Obama's proposed 2011 federal budget includes funding to keep construction of a chemical weapons destruction facility on track. Congress has mandated destruction of thousands of mortars containing mustard agent at Pueblo Chemical Depot east of Pueblo by 2017. The facility is already under construction. The President's budget proposal... more »

• Stink raised over plan to blow up chemical weapons shells

  December 29, 2009 9:13 AM

  An advisory commission mandated by Congress is objecting to the Army's new plan to use explosives to destroy about 125,000 shells containing chemical weapons in Colorado. The Citizens Advisory Commission says it doesn't oppose using the technique on about 1,000 leaking shells at the Pueblo Chemical Depot but doesn't want... more »

• Chemical Depot tests emergency response

  September 9, 2009 2:54 PM

  Workers at the Pueblo Chemical Depot took part in a drill on Wednesday to test their response to an emergency situation. The scenario involved a multi-vehicle crash at the depot, that caused two chemical munitions to leak and dozens other to catch on fire. News First 5 got a rare... more »

• State wants increased monitoring of mustard agent at Pueblo

  September 2, 2009 5:20 PM

  Colorado health officials say officials at the Pueblo Chemical Weapons Depot aren't doing enough to ensure the safety of its workers, the environment or people living near where thousands of tons of deadly mustard agent are stored. Documents filed Tuesday in a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court ask a... more »