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Pine Bluff Arsenal has a total area of 13,493 acres (55 km 2; 21 sq mi) with 665 buildings, 271 igloos and storage capacity of 2,090,563 sq ft (190,000 m 2). Additionally, Pine Bluff Arsenal has more than 5,000 acres (20 km 2; 7.8 sq mi) of land with the potential to be developed. Most residents are civilians working for the Department of Defense.
The Pine Bluff Chemical Activity issued 180-day layoff notices to many employees on February 1, 2010. In all, the region stands to lose an estimated 970 jobs at the Pine Bluff disposal site. In order to soften the blow to local communities, Pine Bluff Arsenal opened a Transition Center on November 4, 2009.
The stockpiles were maintained in exclusion zones [22] at the following Department of Army installations (the percentages shown are reflections of amount by weight): Tooele Army Depot (TEAD), Utah (42.3% of total stockpile) Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA), Arkansas (12%) Umatilla Depot Activity (UMDA), Oregon (11.6%)
Pine Bluff Chemical Activity (abbreviated PBCA) is a subordinate organization of the United States Army Chemical Materials Agency located at Pine Bluff Arsenal in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The U.S. Army stored approximately twelve percent of its original chemical weapons at the Pine Bluff Arsenal since 1942. Destruction of the last chemical weapons ...
That plan was completed in May 1972 and included decontamination of facilities at Pine Bluff. [1] [5] Other agents, including anti-crop agents such as wheat stem rust, were stored at Beale Air Force Base and Rocky Mountain Arsenal. [5] These anti-crop agents, along with agents at Fort Detrick used for research purposes were destroyed in March ...
The headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal is responsible for munitions production (ammunition plants) and storage (depots) facilities in 16 states. JMC employs 20 military, over 5800 civilians and 8300 contractor personnel. Of these approximately 14,000 personnel, more than 650 work in the headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal.
Jul. 30—An estimated 10,000-acre fire that sparked Saturday afternoon southwest of Oroville has burned across the U.S.-Canadian border and is prompting evacuations in Okanogan County. The Eagle ...
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