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5/15/2012 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD	U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency End of Operations Ceremony [242KB pdf] The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) is hosting a formal ceremony in recognition of CMA’s Jan. 21, 2012, successful completion of its stockpile disposal mission.

4/23/2012 Pine Bluff, AR	PBCDF Chemical Agent Decontamination Complete [131KB pdf] The Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF) safely completed the Unventilated Monitoring Tests (UMT) on April 19, 2012.

4/17/2012 Pueblo, CO	Pueblo Chemical Depot achieves one million hours without a lost workday injury [56KB pdf] Civilian government employees completed their workday today, Monday, April 16, with an unprecedented milestone; one million consecutive hours of work without a lost-time injury.

4/10/2012 Anniston, AL	CHEMICAL ACTIVITY COMPLETES FIRST STAFFING REDUCTION [123KB pdf] ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. (April 10, 2012) – The first Anniston Chemical Activity (ANCA) reduction in force that became effective this weekend resulted in one employee being involuntarily separated from government service.

3/12/2012 Blue Grass , KY	Monitors Detect Mustard Vapor Leak [83KB pdf] Army officials report a Real Time Analytical Platform, a mobile monitoring laboratory, detected low levels of Mustard agent vapor in a chemical weapons igloo containing 155 mm projectiles this morning.

3/8/2012 Umatilla, OR	Ceremony to Mark End of Chemical Weapons Stockpile [168KB pdf] The Umatilla Chemical Depot and Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility will hold a public ceremony to celebrate the End of UMCDF Chemical Demilitarization Operations and the Destruction of the UMCD Chemical Weapons Stockpile.

1/24/2012 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD	Army Names Acting Director for Chemical Materials Agency [197KB pdf] The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) today announced the appointment of Don E. Barclay as its Acting Director, effective February 26, 2012.

1/23/2012 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD	Army Agency Completes Mission to Destroy Chemical Weapons [199KB pdf] The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA) completed the destruction of the chemical weapons stockpile at Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD) in Utah on Jan. 21, 2012.

1/18/2012 Tooele, UT	ARMY PROCESSING FINAL CHEMICAL AGENT AT DEPOT [41KB pdf] Workers began processing the depot’s last remaining chemical agent, Lewisite through the Area 10 Liquid Incinerator.

1/18/2012 Tooele, UT	Media Advisory [262KB pdf] Col. Mark B. Pomeroy, depot commander; Ted Ryba, TOCDF site project manager; and Gary McCloskey, will host a news conference .

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