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Deseret Chemical Depot
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DCN: 9796
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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Dugway
Tooele ArmyDepot
DeseretChemical
Depot
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
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19,364 Acres
CHEMICALSTORAGE
TOCDF
INERT/HWSTORAGE
ADMIN AREA
OMF(CAMDS)
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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
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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
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• Mission:– Safely store and transport
Chemical Agent Munitions.
Storage/TransportChemical Operations
DirectorSecretary
3 Supervisors12 Storage Crew Members
62 Movement Crew Members
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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
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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
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• 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
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• 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)
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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
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• 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
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“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
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“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
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“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