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Deseret Chemical Depot

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• 1942 Depot constructed as a chemical agent munition storage facility named Deseret Warfare Depot

• 1969 Placed under Command and Control of Tooele Army Depot • 1970s Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System (CAMDS) facility

constructed on depot to develop disposal methods • 1987 CAMDS put under command and control of Project Manager for

Chemical Demilitarization (PMCD)• 1990s Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF) constructed to

dispose of items being stored• 1996 Depot consolidated with all chemical storage depots and placed under

Command and Control of the Chemical & Biological Defense Commandlocated in Maryland (later changed to Soldier & Biological Chemical Command {SBCCOM})

• 2001 CAMDS (OMF Plant) placed under command and control of SBCCOM

• SBCCOM/PMCD Merged – Formed Chemical Materials Agency

‘Brief History’



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Tooele ArmyDepot

DeseretChemical

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Tooele City

Grantsville

Rush Valley

Lehi (Utah County)

Salt Lake City

Vernon

Terrain-Deseret/Mountainous-Tooele/Rush Valley Complex47 miles x 16 miles

Population Centers-48 miles SW of Salt Lake City-22 miles S of Tooele-30 miles SE of Grantsville-36 miles N of Lehi-11 miles N of Vernon

Political-Tooele County-Utah County to Southeast-Salt Lake County to Northeast-State Government in Salt Lake

City



19,364 Acres

CHEMICALSTORAGE

TOCDF

INERT/HWSTORAGE

ADMIN AREA

OMF(CAMDS)




DESERET CHEMICAL DEPOT

"Pride In Safety"

DEPOT SPIRIT

MISSIONSafe, Secure, and Environmentally

Responsible Storage and Destruction of Our Stockpile

Reduce Risks and Prepare for AnyEmergency. Lives Depend on Us!

Take Care of Our Workforce as WeTransition from Storage, Pilot Testing and

Destruction to a Future Use

VISION

Successful Elimination of Our Chemical Weapon Stockpile

Maintaining Trust and Assuring Safety ofOur Workers, Regulators and Neighbors

VALUESSafety Our First Priority

Dedicated to Mission Accomplishment

Stewards of the Environment

Teamwork with Open Communication

Caring for People



COMMANDERCOL Peter C. Cooper

ASSISTANT TO THE INSTALLATION COMMANDERHarold K. Oliver

PROTOCOL/MASTER SCHEDULER

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER

OPERATIONSSUPPORT

DIRECTORATELab SupportMonitoring

Protective equipment

PLANTOPERATION

DIRECTORATEPlants

MaintenanceControl Room

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS

DIRECTORATEStorage

Internal Movement’s A/BCOMMAND SPECIALSTAFF

Surety OfficeEEO Office

Public Affairs OfficeBusiness Transition Office

TOCDFSUPPORT

OFFICE

RISK MANAGEMENTDIRECTORATE

EnvironmentalSafety

RESOURCE AND

SCHEDULING DIRCSEPP EOCTreaty Budget

PUBLIC WORKSDIRECTORATE

Property MaintenanceSupply Equipment

LAW ENFORCEMENTAND SECURITYDIRECTORATE

Administrative SupportOperation Support

AMMO SURVEILLANCEAND

INVENTORY DIRInspectionInventory

ENGINEERING DIRECTORATEElec/Therm/Chem

Mech/Fac/Tech

CHEMICAL STOCKPILEDEFENSE FORCE

XO

PROJECT MGMTPlanning/Library

Forms/Pubs




• Mission:– Safely store and transport

Chemical Agent Munitions.

Storage/TransportChemical Operations

DirectorSecretary

3 Supervisors12 Storage Crew Members

62 Movement Crew Members



Current Operations & Capabilities–Hazardous Waste Inspections–Mortar Reconfiguration –VX Demilitarization Campaign to include Re-palletization/Sampling–Sampling in support of Demilitarization–Providing assistance to other chemical installations on rotating basis

Storage/TransportChemical Operations



Oquirrh Mountain Facility (OMF)Plants Operations• Mission

– To demonstrate various chemical weapons disposal technologies and techniques, and to dispose of Lewisite and GA agents remaining in the chemical weapons stockpile in a safe, environmentally sound, and cost effective manner

Director

Secretary

3 Supervisors

74 Plant Operations

13 Control Room Operators



• Since in 1979, over 347,000 pounds of chemical agent from over 39,000 individual munitions have been safety disposed of at the OMF

• Current Operations– Lewisite Preparations– Metal Parts Furnace Waste Trail Burn– 4.2” Mortar Reconfiguration

OMF Plant Operations



• Mission – Destroy the Deseret Chemical Depot Stockpile of Unitary

Chemical Weapons While Ensuring Maximum Protection to the Environment, General Public, and Personnel Involved in the Destruction Effort.

Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility(TOCDF)



TOCDFOperational Full Scale Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Facility

- 15 Government Personnel

- 800 Contractors

- Four Incinerators

- Demil Machines to Address- 9 Munition Configurations- 3 Agents

- Munitions Destroyed- 100% GB- 17% VX



• Storage Operations– 15,500+ ONC Deliveries (safely)

– Maintain Existing Chemical StockpileØ Weekly InspectionsØ Leaker ContainmentØ Sampling

– Continuous Successful CSI, SMR, CASARM, CSEPP, Treaty, ISO Inspections

• OMF– Developed and Tested Baseline Incineration Technology – Developed, Refined and Tested Baseline Demil Machines– Tested Several ACWA and Alternative Technology Processes– Provided Support to TOCDF in Destruction of Stockpile

• TOCDF– Demilitarized Entire Depot GB Stockpile (Agent Ton Containers)

– All DCD M55 Rockets, GB & VX, Eliminated (Reducing Risk to Community by 99%)

– 17% VX Stockpile Destroyed To Date



“Behind the Scenes”

• 1655 Member Workforce– 624 DA Civilians– 84 Military– 947 Contractors

• 19,364 Acre Depot– 136 miles roadway (72% paved) – 1.3 million building square footage– 319,300 linear feet power lines– 43,176 linear feet natural gas lines– 16,965 linear feet sewer lines



“Behind the Scenes” - Continued

• $194 million Budget

• $246 million in Real Property

• $38 million Inventory

• 7,300 Tons of Chemical Munitions

• 3,096 Various Chemical Munitions/Magazines Inspections per year



“Behind the Scenes” - Continued• DAAMS per day

– Collect 1,590– Analyze 1,350

• Challenge 211 Detectors per day

• 700 Gas Masks Inspected per month

• 3,200 Pieces of PPE Inspected per month

• 40,000 Pieces Cotton Clothing Laundered per month



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The missions of Deseret Chemical Depothave been successful for over 50 years

because the workers are expertsand they take pride in the work they do.

A small location in a desert valley

That makes a world of difference

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