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Depot Announces New Milestone of Weapons Destruction

The first M55 rocket containing GB nerve agent was destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) July 6. “The GB rockets are the last type of chemical weapons to be destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot,” said Dr. Candace Coyle, BGCAPP site project manager. “We are committed to safely eliminating the […]

Final VX Nerve Agent Rocket Destroyed at Depot

The last M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was destroyed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) April 19. “We are celebrating two milestones today,” said Dr. Candace Coyle, BGCAPP site project manager. “First, the entire U.S. stockpile of VX nerve agent is now completely destroyed. Next, this marks the completion of the […]

Don’t be alarmed by gunfire noise: depot training to take place Wednesday

The Blue Grass Army Depot will conduct an active shooter training exercise on Wednesday, April 13, starting at 1:00 pm ET. The exercise will involve BGAD employees, first responders, and local and state police. Gunfire may be heard. There is no danger. Weapons used in the exercise are firing blank rounds in a controlled environment. […]

Depot: Chemical Accident Exercise, Public Meeting Both to Take Place Wednesday

Chemical weapons destruction updates will be discussed at a quarterly public meeting to be held in Richmond on Dec. 8. Come to the meeting to learn more about the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, the facility that is destroying the chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot. The meeting will take place […]

Bluegrass Army Depot: All Mustard Agent Projectiles Now Destroyed in Kentucky

The last 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent were destroyed in the Static Detonation Chamber at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) Sept. 4. This marks the third of five chemical weapons destruction campaigns completed at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD). “There is no doubt destroying the mustard projectiles in a Static Detonation Chamber was the right choice of technology to […]

Latest Chemical Weapons Convention inspection a success

Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons conducted the 25th systematic stockpile verification inspection at the Blue Grass Chemical Activity from April 21-23. The inspection team assured accountability of every chemical weapon stored at BGCA as part of U.S. compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).  They also reviewed all paperwork that […]

Chemical Incident Response Exercise Slated for Wednesday

A Chemical Accident/Incident Response and Assistance exercise is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17 on the Blue Grass Army Depot. Blue Grass Chemical Activity first responders, along with BGAD, Madison County and other partners in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program community are slated to participate in this exercise. Periodic exercises help ensure responders are prepared […]

Army Depot: Crews Safely Isolate and Overpack Chemical Munitions

From a release from the Blue Grass Army Depot: Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant operators identified, isolated and placed into overpacked containers two 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent June 19. The munitions had been emitting agent vapor within a storage structure. An air monitoring system originally detected the vapor emissions during routine analysis of […]

Vapor Emission Detected at Blue Grass Army Depot Structure

Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant air monitoring systems detected a vapor emission in a storage structure holding 155mm projectiles containing mustard agent Tuesday. The equipment detected the vapor during a routine analysis of the atmosphere within the structure, known as a service magazine. The service magazine includes a carbon filtration system, so the vapor […]

10 County-Wide CSEPP Exercise Tomorrow

Wednesday, September 19th all ten counties in the CSEP Program and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management will be tested on their local responses.  They will also be evaluated on how they work together as partners in responding to a challenging multi-jurisdictional disaster. FEMA will be issuing a nationwide Presidential alert via cell phones on October […]

Destruction of Chemical Weapons at Depot Moves Up a Year

Destruction of the munitions at the Bluegrass Army Depot could be sped up, according to officials at the army installation in Madison county. The bluegrass Explosive technology would be implemented before the construction of the main plant, which has been in the works for multiple years.   Site project manager Jeff Brubaker says that they […]

CSEPP Gearing up for Big September 20th Training Exercise

Madison County Emergency Management officials are always working overtime to ensure that residents would be safe in the event that any disaster happens. Here in Richmond, the Emergency Operations Center and the Joint Information Center took part in one of their training exercises in an effort to gear up for the big exercise that will […]