Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, tit. I, subtit. G, sec. 176

REPORT ON DESTRUCTION OF NONSTOCKPILE CHEMICAL MATERIAL.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 522 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 176. REPORT ON DESTRUCTION OF NONSTOCKPILE CHEMICAL MATERIAL. (a) Report Required.—(1) Not later than February 1, 1993, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the Army’s plans for destroying all chemical warfare material of the United States not covered by section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), that would be required to be destroyed if the United States became a party to a chemical weapons convention described in paragraph (2). (2) The chemical weapons convention referred to in paragraph (1) is a chemical weapons convention that is substantially the same as the final draft of the proposed international Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) tabled by the Chairman of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament Ad Hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons on June 22, 1992 (CD/CW/WP.400/Rev.l). (b) Materials To Be Covered by Report.—The chemical warfare material covered by the report shall include the following: (1) Binary chemical munitions. (2) Buried chemical munitions. (3) Chemical munitions recovered from ranges. (4) Chemical weapons production facilities. (5) All other chemical warfare material referred to in subsection (a). (c) Matters To Be Included in Report.—The report shall include the following: (1) A list of all suspected locations (including ranges) of buried or unexpended chemical munitions. (2) An estimate of the number of such munitions and, of that number, how many of such munitions are planned to be destroyed. (3) An inventory of the former chemical weapons production facilities and previously contaminated storage containers and the plans for destroying those facilities and containers. (4) An inventory of the binary chemical munitions and the plans for destroying those munitions. (5) The locations at which the chemical warfare materials and facilities referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (D) will be destroyed. (6) A description of the use, if any, that will be made of the Chemical Agent and Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) facility, Tooele, Utah, in the destruction of those chemical warfare materials, as well as possible future uses of that facility for the destruction of conventional munitions or for research and development of possible alternative technologies for the destruction of chemical munitions. (7) For the chemical warfare materials that cannot be destroyed in place or on site, a description of the means to be used for transporting the materials to disposal facilities. (8) An estimate of the cost of destroying such chemical warfare materials and facilities. (9) An estimate of the time that will be necessary to destroy such chemical warfare materials and facilities and the Sec-106 STAT. 2346retary’s determination of the likelihood that such materials and facilities can be destroyed by December 31, 2004. (10) A determination as to whether it is a realistic option to transport chemical agents and munitions currently stored at low-volume disposal sites to other locations for destruction instead of destroying those munitions at those sites, taking into consideration safety, cost effectiveness, and the potential obligations of the United States under a chemical weapons convention to transport substantial quantities of chemical warfare munitions and materials not in the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions to various locations for destruction.