Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Wednesday’s Wonderful Collection - Pine Bluff Arsenal Citizens Advisory Commission records, MS.000614

The Department of Defense Authorization Act made mandatory the national scale-down of military weapons. The United States Army planned to destroy the stockpiled chemical agents and munitions stored at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas.

Governor Jim Guy Tucker issued a proclamation establishing the Pine Bluff Arsenal Citizens Advisory Commission to coordinate with other government agencies and the United States Army in the operation. Serving on the commission were nine people appointed from a fifty-mile radius of the arsenal, as well as other state government representatives who had direct responsibilities related to the chemical demilitarization program. The commission's goal was to gather information useful in making decisions as to the best methods of destroying the arsenal's stockpiles of munitions and protecting the human and environmental health of the area. One of the results was implementation of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP), initiated to alert people of hazardous conditions. The demilitarization was completed in 2011.
This collection includes minutes, accounting records, presentation notes, and press releases concerning the demilitarization of the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Jefferson County.


·         1991 (Box 1)
o    The Citizens' Viewpoint
·         1992
o    Conference on Disarmament
·         1993
o    Disposing of chemical weapons
o    Chemical Weapons Demilitarization and Disposal
·         1994
o    Incineration of HD Agent at Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS)
o    Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents and Munitions
·         1995
o    Citizens Advisory Commission, mission and purpose
o    Minutes
o    Accounting
o    Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
o    Evacuation routes
o    Exposure to lethal chemical agents
o    Governor's proclamation to create a Citizens Advisory Commission
o    Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
o    Rules of the Road
o    Terms and acronyms
·         1996 (Box 2)
o    Minutes
o    Accounting
o    Agricultural Impact Assessment Workshop
o    Annual Status Report on the Disposal of Lethal Chemical Weapons and Materiel
o    Chemical Weapons Working Group
o    Study Conducted for Tooele County Department of Emergency Management (Utah)
o    Membership and appointments
o    Press release
·         1997
o    Minutes
o    Accounting (Box 3)
o    Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program
o    Calendars
o    Chemical demilitarization
o    Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
o    Chemical Weapons Convention
o    Chemical Weapons Incinerator
o    Citizen concerns
o    Citizen concerns
o    Decision briefs
o    Decision briefs
o    Decision briefs
o    Dr. Sandra Nichols, action list (Box 4)
o    Dr. Sandra Nichols, file
o    Environmental Forum IV
o    Environmental impact statement
o    Evaluation of Protection Options in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
o    Hazardous waste
o    Forums
o    Press releases
o    Press releases
o    Press releases
o    Press releases
o    Residents near the arsenal
o    Safety issues
·         1998 (Box 5)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 12)
o    Accounting (Box 5)
o    Arkansas CSEPP (Chemical Stockpile Emergency Prepardness Program)
o    Army's chemical demilitarization program
o    Health risk
o    Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program
o    Forum notes
o    JACADS (Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal system) accident
o    JACADS (Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System) alternative
o    Membership list
o    Newsclipppings
·         1999 (Box 6)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 12)
o    Moody Elementary School
o    Pine Bluff/White Hall Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office
o    Living Near the United States Army's Chemical Weapons Stockpile Sites
·         2000
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 12)
o    Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF)
·         2001
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 12)
o    Accounting
·         2002 (Box 7)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 13)
o    Accounting
o    CSEPP (Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program)
o    Newsclippings
·         2003
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 13)
o    Accounting
o    Pine Bluff CSEPP (Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program) final report
·         2004 (Box 8)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 13)
o    Accounting (Box 8)
o    Pine Bluff Chemical Activity
·         2005 (Box 9)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 14)
o    Accounting (Box 9)
o    Press releases
·         2006
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 14)
o    Accounting (Box 9)
o    Press releases
·         2007 (Box 10)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 15)
o    Accounting (Box 10)
o    Press releases
·         2008
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 15)
o    Accounting (Box 10)
·         2009
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 15)
o    Accounting (Box 10)
·         2010 (Box 11)
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 15)
o    Accounting (Box 11)
·         2011
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio
o    Accounting (Box 11)
·         Undated
o    Minutes
o    Proceedings, audio (Box 14)
o    Support staff (Box 11)
o    White Hall School over-pressurization system training
o    Alternative technology for chemical weapons destruction