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Check out thedemolition photos

• In the Protocol folderon the Transfer Drive

• On the Protocl web site- click on the “Visuals”link

2Day!onday, September 9, 2013

U M C D FKEEPING THE COMMITMENT

There was a First Aid last

Thursday. See Page 2 for

details. There were no

environmental issues

reported over the weekend.

SAFETY /ENVIRONMENTAL

RECORD

Today’s Safety Thought

Keys for a good workplace

response to tragedy include:

- Make sure people are safe

- Be understanding

- Keep people informed (in-

cluded family off site)

- Provide places for people

to gather and talk 

- Hold frequent meetings to

share information

- Make managers and HRstaff available so people

know where to go to ask 

questions and get accurate

information

- Offer employee assistance

(such as access to counsel-

ing

- Make grief training part of 

the normal training process

SAFETY STATS

First Aid InjuriesDays since last case: 3 Number of cases this month: 1

Date of last case: Sept. 5, 2013 Number of cases this year: 1

Recordable Injuries

Days since last case: 116 Number of cases this month: 0

Date of last case: May 15, 2013 Number of cases this year: 2

Lost Work Day Injuries

Days since last case: 2,620 Date of last case: July 7, 2006

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE TRACKER

Noncompliances

Days since last one issued: 123 Number issued this month: 0

Date of last one issued: May 8, 2013 Number issued this year: 4

Notices of Violation (NOVs)

Days since last NOV issued: 416 Date of last NOV: July 23, 2012

Lonely stacksThe filters and much of the PAS are gone, leaving the two stacksstand ing on their own in this photo from late last week taken by Stan Huffman. At right, an excavaator works to pile up the demol i-tion waste around the base of the main stack on Thursday.

More demol ition photos on Page 3

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Don Horningon Horning Warehouse Warehouse

Published every Monday and Thursday by the

UMCDF Protocol Department.

Hal McCuneProtocol Manager 

 x7304 - hal.mccune@urs.com

The Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility ismanaged and operated by Washington Demilitarization

Company, a subsidiary of URS Corporation.

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Have the 2Day! 

delivered to your homee-mail address!

Send your request tohal.mccune@urs.com.

 Job title:

Laboratory Manager. UMCDF has had three Lab

managers, and I have known the other two – Darrel

 Johnston and Brian Ramdwar – for about 20 years and

consider both of them to be good friends.

How long have you worked at UMCDF? 

8 years total. The first time was from 1998 to 20 03; the

second time from 2010 to present. I helped SwRI move

into the lab in 1999 and then out of the lab in 2013.

What do you like best about working here? 

I love the opportunity to work alongside great people.

After 26 years of working in demil, I consistently findthat the people that work at these plants are extreme-

ly talented and conscientious. There is something

about working on projects with a noble mission that

seems to attract and retain people with high standards

and expectations for both themselves and others.

What do you like to do when not at work? 

I spend a lot of time supporting my kids’ activities. I

have three boys, ages 9, 11, and 13, who always seem

to have something going on with scouts, sports, school,

or church. We love living in the Tri-Cities and enjoy ex-

ploring the Pacific Northwest.

Where were you born? I was born in Haskell, Texas, and then brought home to

Rochester, Texas, a small (pop. 350 at

the time) farming community about

200 miles west of Dallas. That’s con-

sidered just outside of Dallas if you

live in Texas! I come from humble ori-

gins - the son of a son of a carpenter;

my family helped build most of thehouses and businesses in the town.

What’s one of your favorite movies? 

My all-time favorite movie is True Grit starring John

Wayne, Kim Darby, and a young Robert Duvall. My fa-

vorite scene is when John Wayne tells Robert D uvall

and his gang to throw down their weapons and no one

will get hurt. Robert Duvall replies, “That’s mighty bold

talk for a one-eyed fat man.”

What’s your favorite TV show past or present? 

Hmmmm. I grew up watching Gilligan’s

Island in elementary school, M*A*S*H

in high school, and then Dallas duringcollege. I watched all nine seasons of Seinfeld while on

 Johnston Island. Downton Abbey is my current favorite

TV show.

What’s your favorite food? 

Eating is actually one of my hobbies. I’m pretty good at

it. If I could have only one meal for the rest of my life it

would have to be enchiladas, beans, and rice – with

lots of chips and salsa.

What is your most prized possession? 

I have a baseball signed and given to me by Mickey

Mantle when I was about 17 years old. But, my grand-

mother’s family Bible is at the top of my list of objectsto save in case of a fire. It contains a lot of family histo-

ry going back well into the 1800s. One interesting art

fact is the parole paperwork for my great, great grand

father E.B. Estes. He served in Greggs Regiment,

Granbury’s Brigade, Cleburne Division, Army of 

Tennessee, under Brig Gen J.E. Johnston until paroled

at Augusta, Georgia, on “May the 2nd 1865.”

Describe your dream vacation? 

Having spent some time at Priest Lake, Idaho, last sum

mer, I’d have to say that a week at Hill’s Resort on Prie

Lake with my family and friends is my dream vacation

There is no place that I would rather be than sitting on

the beach in August, by the fire, in the evening, with a

glass of wine and eating s’mores!

If you could have dinner with any per-

 son from any time, who would it be? 

I probably already had that meal.

My dad and I had dinner with

Mickey Mantle at a restaurant in

Amarillo, Texas. We talked abouthow many kids were named after him (including me).

Mickey said that he and his wife, Merylin, used to send

kids a cereal bowl with their name on it when they

found out that someone had named their son after

him. Since he didn’t have any cereal bowls, he gave m

a baseball instead. He wrote, “ To Mickey, Best Wishes,

Mickey Mantle.” I think that my dad enjoyed that din-

ner more than me at the time. My dad loved baseball,

and Mickey Mantle was his favorite player the year th

I was born – 1961. It was also a big year for The Mick.

Mickey

McGuire

HELLOmy name is

“Hello” runs periodically in the Today! as a way to get know our

work compatriots at UMCDF a little better. If you would like to

be spotlighted in “Hello” contact Protocol Manager Hal McCune at x7304.

On Thursday, whilepulling a file withone hand from a full

banker box, an employee ex-perienced elbow pain.

The employee reported to

the clinic and was released to work with restrictions.

OSHA Status: First Aid.

Elbow pain results

in First Aid Thursday

Take safetyseriously.

How funny isan injury?

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Removal of the BRA-PAS pad is nearly com-

 plete. Photos taken

Thursday show a tan- gle of rebar (above) and 

the smoke shack after it 

was knocked loose(left).

BELOW, Refuse fromthe coolers has been

compacted into

mounds of metal.

What makes

PCAPP

a Pilot Plant?

In industry terms, a pilo

plant is an industrial

plant in which process

or techniques planned fo

use in full-scale operationare tested in advance.

“For us, the term pilot

plant refers to our proces

philosophy,” said Walton

Levi, deputy project man

ager. “The PCAPP team is

integrating a number of 

processes, technologies

and systems which have

been successfully used in

industry and at other

chemical destruction

plants across the U.S.”For example:• Processes, including

neutralization, selected for

use at PCAPP to destroy

2,611 tons of mustard agen

stored at the Pueblo

Chemical Depot, were suc-

cessfully used at the Newpo

Chemical Agent Disposal

Facility in Indiana and at th

Aberdeen Chemical Agent

Disposal Facility in Marylan

• Immobilized Cell

Bioreactors (ICB) will find a

new purpose at PCAPP.

 Traditionally used in sewag

treatment plants, the ICBs

will house microbes that w

“biotreat” the hydrolysate,

the byproduct of the neutr

ized agent, by eating and

breaking down the waste.

 The biotreatment aspect of

the process is a first for

chemical demilitarization.

• Robotic systems in-

stalled at PCAPP also have proven record. For example

the technology behind the

Projectile Mortar Disassem-

bly (PMD) system was used

the automotive industry fo

years and has been modifie

for specific use at the plant

 The PMD, made up of con-

veyors, work stations and a

robotic arm, will safely dis-

mantle three types of mun

tions.

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For Your Information and Entertainment

Useless Fact of the Day 

Franceis thelargestWest-ern European coun-try. It is abouttwice the size of

Colorado.

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Hermiston’s 4-daermiston’s 4-daWeather Forecaseather Forecast

TODAY 

1776 Second Continental Congress made the term "United States" official, replacing"United Colonies."

1908 Orville Wright made the first one-hour airplane flight at FortMyer, Virginia.

1926 National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) was formed by the

Radio Corporation of America.1941 Otis Redding, American singer/songwriter, was born.

1942 Rare attack on U.S. mainland by Japanese occurred; theydropped incendiaries on Oregon in hopes of starting forest fires.

1956 Elvis Presley's first appearance, on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civilrights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.

1960 Hugh Grant, British actor, was born, was born.

1966 Adam Sandler, American comedian and actor, was born.

1971 Attica Correctional Facility prisoners rioted and seized controlof the maximum-security prison (near Buffalo, New York). Thesiege ended up claiming 43 lives.

1993 The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimatestate.

TUESDAY 

1846 Elias Howe received a U.S. patent for the first sewing machine.1913 First paved coast-to-coast road, named the Lincoln Highway, opened in the U.S.

1929 Arnold Palmer, American, professional golfer, was born.

1934 Roger Maris, American professional baseball player,was born.

1939 Canada and South Africa declared war on Germany, fol-lowing the declarations of Britain, France, Australia,and New Zealand on the previous day.

1955 "Gunsmoke" premiered on TV.

1963 Black students entered Alabama public schools follow-ing a standoff between federal authorities andGovernor George C. Wallace.

1993 The "X-Files" television series debuted.

2000 Broadway's longest-running production, "Cats," closed after more than 7,400 per-formances.

 2Day’s notable events/birthdays

Today 

Sunny. Light and variable

wind becoming west aroun

5 mph in the afternoon.87°FClear. Light and variable wi

becoming south around 6

mph. Sunset - 7:19.59°FTomorrow 

Sunrise - 6:30.

90°FSunset - 7:17.

60°F Wednesday 

Sunrise - 6:31.

93°FSunset - 7:15.

61°F

T h i n k

S A F E T Y

F i r s t

The following recognitions were made

in today’s Plant Status meeting:

Sharla Barber for alerting

mod residents of the im-

pending storm last

 Thursday, insuring win-

dows were closed and cau-

tion was taken; and the

UMCDF management

team for meeting Friday to

plan the successful comple-

tion of the project - from

 Julia Hamrick.

 John Woodhead for working

to make Site Services work 

order packages more clear,

concise and user friendly -from Lance Pappas.

Exemplary PerformanceExemplary Performance

RecognitionRecognition

Thursday 

Sunrise - 6:32.

92°FSunset - 7:14.

63°F

France

LULL BEFORE THE STORM - The cloud format ions were scenic early Thursday afternoon, but they transformed intodark and ominous. UMCDF commuters battled wind and heavy rains on the way home last week, along with some

impressive lightning shows.