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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Other Activities." National Research Council. 2001. Disposal of Neutralent Wastes: Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10091.

B

Committee Meetings and Other Activities 1

First Committee Meeting, June 15–17, 1999
National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Presentations:

Opening Remarks, Program Update, Year 2 Task and Sponsor Expectations

Wayne Jennings

Project Manager, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel (PMNSCM)

Current Status of Rapid Response System (RRS)

Larry Friedman

PMNSCM

Current Status of Munitions Management Device (MMD)-1/2/3

Alan Caplan and Jerry Hawks

PMNSCM

Current Status of the Explosive Destruction System (EDS) and Single CAIS Neutralization System (SCANS)

Mike Duggan and Ed Doyle

PMNSCM

Current Status of Munitions Assessment and Processing System (MAPS), Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy (PINS), Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), and Raman Spectroscopy

Ed Doyle and Bill Brankowitz

PMNSCM

RRS and MMD Neutralization Wastes and Existing/ Expected Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel to be Treated and Air Monitoring

John Gieseking

PMNSCM

Plan and Current Status of the Army's Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA) Program

Carl Eissner

Soldier and Biological Chemical Command

Plan and Current Status of the Alternative Technologies and Approaches Project

Nick Levitt

Project Manager, Alternative Technologies and Approaches

Plan and Current Status of Mitretek Technology Survey

Project for PMNSCM

George Bizzigotti

Mitretek

Public and Stakeholder Concerns

Elizabeth Crowe

Non-Stockpile Citizens Coalition

Plan and Current Status of Stone & Webster Technology

Survey Project for PMNSCM

Joseph Cardito

Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation

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The committee gathered additional information via telephone conference calls and by other means. Details are available on line at: http://www4nas.edu/cets/dmst.nsf/

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Other Activities." National Research Council. 2001. Disposal of Neutralent Wastes: Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10091.

Closing Comments

Col. Ned Libby

PMNSCM

Second Committee Meeting
Tour of Training Facility and Briefings
August 31–September 1, 1999
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Presentations:

Tour of Chemical Demilitarization Training Facility

Andrew Roach

Project Manager, Chemical Demilitarization Operations

Tour of Explosive Destruction System

Ray DiBerardio

Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel

ACWA Report Findings

Robert Beaudet, chair

Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons

Non-Stockpile Program Status

LTC Chris Ross

Program Manager, NSPCM

Third Committee Meeting, October 14–15, 1999
National Research Council, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Presentations:

Non-Stockpile Program Status

LTC Chris Ross/Wayne Jennings

NSPCM

ACWA Program

James Richmond

ACWA Program

Stone & Webster Progress Report

Joseph Cardito

Stone & Webster

Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies

Dr. Francis W. (Bill) Holm

Consultant

Fourth Committee Meeting, December 15–16, 1999
National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Two-day writing session. No presentations.

Fifth Committee Meeting, February 22–23, 2000
National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Presentations:

Stone & Webster Progress Report

Joseph Cardito

Stone & Webster

Non-Stockpile Chemical Weapons Citizens Coalition

Elizabeth Crowe

Non-Stockpile Chemical Weapons Citizens Coalition

Sixth Committee Meeting, May 8–9, 2000
National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Presentation:

U.S. Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Product

(NSCMP) Project Overview/Status

William R. Brankowitz

Deputy Product Manager, NSCMP

Seventh Committee Meeting, August 29–30, 2000
National Research Council, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Presentations:

Non-Stockpile Program Status

LTC Chris Ross/Wayne Jennings

NSPCM

Stone & Webster Progress Report

Joseph Cardito

Stone & Webster

Transportable Batch Hydrothermal Oxidizer for Non-stockpile Chemical Material

Brent L. Haroldson and Ben Wu

Sandia National Laboratories

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Other Activities." National Research Council. 2001. Disposal of Neutralent Wastes: Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10091.
SITE VISITS

Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, and Deseret Chemical Depot, Utah, August 3–4, 1999

Site Team

John C. Allen

Joan B. Berkowitz

Judith A. Bradbury

Martin C. Edelson

Sidney J. Green

Douglas M. Medville

Winifred G. Palmer

Ronald L. Woodfin

NRC Staff

Michael Clarke

Delphine D. Glaze

Gregory Eyring

Tour of Rapid Response System at Deseret Chemical Depot

Hosts: Michael Nuttle, Harold Oliver, Walter Levi, Brett Simms

Meeting with Utah Citizens Advisory Council (CAC)

CAC members present: Dave Ostler, Rosemary Holt, John Matthews, Dan Bauer

Tour of Supercritical Water Oxidation Facility at Dugway Proving Ground

Hosts: William Dement, Charles Donaldson, Andrew Nifsi, Beryl Schwartz, Robert Edgin, Donald Spina, Bud Salzburg, Michael Spritzer

ViVendor Test Facility, San Diego, California, March 2, 2000

Site Team

Robert A. Beaudet

Judith A. Bradbury

Martin C. Edelson

Douglas M. Medville

Greg Eyring

Jane Williams (Sierra Club)

Tour of Ventless Incineration at ViVendor Test Facility

Host: Gere Johansing

CerOx Corporation, Reno, Nevada, March 21, 2000

Site Team

Richard J. Ayen

Robert A. Beaudet

Joan B. Berkowitz

Paul F. Kavanaugh

Sterling J. Rideout (NRC study director)

Tour of CerOx Corporation Electrochemical Cerium Process

Hosts: Dr. Steven Oberg (University of Nevada-Reno), Marty Scanlon, Thomas Neustedter, Fred Coppotelli

Meeting with EPA Regulators, Stephen Heare, Jeffrey Gaines, and Carl Duly (via telephone), Rosslyn, Virginia, April 28, 2000

Site Team

Judith A. Bradbury

Douglas M. Medville

William J.Walsh

Sterling J. Rideout (NRC study director)

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Other Activities." National Research Council. 2001. Disposal of Neutralent Wastes: Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10091.
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