The chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program: Management challenges
- Department of the Army, Washington, DC (United States)
The Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) was initiated in response to the 1986 congressional mandate (by Public Law 99-145) to rid the United States of the aging stocks of chemical munitions. After a thorough examination of the risks involved in the transporting and disposing of the stocks and driven by the congressional mandate to protect the public, the Army decided to build incinerators at each of the eight installations. The Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the CSDP found that emergency planning for an accident was inadequate in the communities surrounding storage sites. The Army`s Record of Decision subsequently committed the Army to enhanced emergency planning. This paper discusses the evolution of the emergency preparedness program since 1986. The program has gone through two significant changes in management approaches. In 1988 a joint steering committee and 6 subcommittees were created. Recently, a new organization within the Army was created to manage CSEPP. This paper reviews origins of the committee approach in CSEPP as well as its strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, the paper discusses how the new organization should provide more effective management of the program.
- OSTI ID:
- 282329
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505224--; ISBN 1-56555-079-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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