Impact of revised airborne exposure limits on non-stockpile chemical materiel program activities / Committee on Review and Assessment of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program--Workplace Monitoring, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical arms control--United States.

Chemical arms control.

Chemical agents (Munitions)--United States.

Chemical agents (Munitions).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Army's Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel program is responsible for dismantling former chemical agent production facilities and destroying recovered chemical materiel. In response to congressional requirements, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), in 2003, recommended new airborne exposure limits (AELs) to protect workforce and public health during operations to destroy this materiel. To assist in meeting these recommended limits, the U.S. Army asked the NRC for a review of its implementation plans for destruction of production facilities at the Newport Chemical Depot and the operation of two types of mobile destruction systems. This report presents the results of that review. It provides recommendations on analytical methods, on airborne containment monitoring, on operational procedures, on the applicability of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and on involvement of workers and the public in implementation of the new AELs.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Figures, Tables, and Box""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 A Non-Stockpile Facility and Two Mobile Treatment Systems""; ""3 Old and New Airborne Exposure Limits""; ""4 Air Monitoring Systems""; ""5 Process Implications of the New AEL's""; ""6 Regulatory Approval and Permitting, and Public Involvement""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Non-Stockpile Inventories""

""Appendix C Committee Meetings and Other Activities""""Appendix D Approved Personal Protective Equipment""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-72).

ISBN:

9786612081576

9780309181570

0309181577

9781282081574

1282081578

9780309547819

0309547814

OCLC:

70753977