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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
National Research Council
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Board on Army Science and Technology
Committee on Review of Chemical Agent Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements

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Congressional Briefing
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
316 Hart Senate Office Bldg. – 2:00 p.m.

on

Review of Chemical Agent Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements

by

Peter B. Lederman, Executive Director, Hazardous Substance Management Research Center and Office of Intellectual Property, New Jersey Institute of Technology (retired), New Providence, and Chair, Committee on Review of Chemical Agent Secondary Waste Disposal and Regulatory Requirements, Board on Army Science and Technology, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, The National Academies

This report advises the U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency on requirements and best practices for managing the growing volume of secondary waste that is being generated as progress is made in the destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile. The report presents a review of current secondary waste disposal regulations and practices, including trial burn and health risk assessment requirements, and also makes comparisons of Army practices and requirements, with those practices and requirements found in industry.

This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on July 26, 2007 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.