[CPEO-MEF] Mustard (and mercury) burning challengeds in Utah

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Activists protest chemical burn plan
Mustard gas: They say Army's method at the Tooele facility will release 
mercury into the air

By Judy Fahys
The Salt Lake Tribune
May 18, 2006

An environmental group says the U.S. Army has a safer way than 
incineration to destroy mustard gas at the Tooele Chemical Agent 
Disposal Facility.

But the Army is pushing forward with its plan to burn the blister agent, 
which is expected to release between one and 21 pounds of toxic mercury 
over 18 months.

The state Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste has set a second public 
hearing on the proposal for 6 p.m., May 31, at the Tooele County 
Courthouse, 47 South Main St., Tooele.

Trace Salmon, deputy project manager at Deseret Chemical Depot, said the 
mustard gas campaign involves 6,400, one-ton containers. Only those with 
the lowest mercury contamination - just over 5,000 containers - will be 
included in the first phase of the stockpile reduction program set to 
begin in August and end in early 2008.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3835724

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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