Kentucky Environmental Foundation Records, 1980-2016 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Kentucky Environmental Foundation Records, 1980-2016

Predominant Dates:1986-2009

Extent: 7.92 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 04/14/2017

Subjects: Blue Grass Army Depot (Ky.), Chemical weapons disposal., Environmentalism--Kentucky., Environmental protection., Madison County (Ky.), Nerve gases.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Kentucky Environmental Foundation (KEF) Records documents the community efforts of Madison County residents to encourage the safe disposal of chemical weapons in Madison County. This collection is largely yearly progress reports, chemical weapon risk reports prepared by the federal government, as well as reports prepared by private organizations regarding the safe disposal of chemical weapons. The collection also contains the meeting minutes, agendas, presentations, and advertisements for numerous citizen lead activist groups such as the ACWA, CWWG, and the CAC. Correspondence between community leaders and the federal government, newspapers and other media detailing the effort and risk of the disposal of chemical weapons can also be found in this collection. Finally, this collection contains various newsclippings and publicity materials related to the disposal of chemical weapons across the nine sites in the United States, centered on the work of CWWG and Kentucky disposal.

For more information, please see collections under the related subject headings.

List of Common Acronyms:

KEF - Kentucky Environmental Foundation CWWG- Chemical Weapons Working Group BGCAPP/BGAD - Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant/Blue Grass Army Depot PMCD - Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization CSEPP - Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

Collection Historical Note

In 1984, the United States Army announced to the public in Richmond, Kentucky that they planned to eliminate the 523.4 U.S. Tons of chemical agent that they had stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot. There was immediate pushback from the community, with citizens in both Richmond and nearby Berea forming community action groups opposing the incineration of chemical weapons in Kentucky. However, community members were beginning to feel that they needed more pull if they were going to join other states/destruction sites in fighting against the U.S. Army to find alternative modes of disposal. In 1990, the Kentucky Environmental Foundation was formed as a state-wide non-profit that could focus on the safe disposal of chemical weapons. In 1991, a short year later, the Chemical Weapons Working Group coalition was formed. It began as a conference of concerned citizens and developed into an "effective grassroots force for change in the Army’s chemical weapons program."

From the KEF Website: "The decision to move forward with safer weapons disposal in Kentucky came in 2002; our chemical weapons will be destroyed in a “closed loop” neutralization and supercritical water oxidation process. In 2006, Craig Williams, then KEF Director, was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his and the CWWG’s dedication to safe weapons disposal. Through KEF’s Chemical Weapons Working Group, KEF continues to ensure Kentuckians are protected from harmful pollutants during chemical weapons destruction processes. KEF was formed to protect Kentuckians’ health from the chemical exposure; we have since been an integral part of Kentucky’s environmental health and justice movement. For the past 25 years, KEF has participated in many state, regional and national environmental health and justice campaigns and in collaboration with others working to address air, water and soil pollution from both fossil fuels and hazardous waste manufacturing, storage and incineration."

For more infomation, please visit kyenvironmentalfoundation.org

Subject/Index Terms

Blue Grass Army Depot (Ky.)
Chemical weapons disposal.
Environmentalism--Kentucky.
Environmental protection.
Madison County (Ky.)
Nerve gases.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Williams, Craig

Related Materials: Nerve: How a Small Kentucky Town Led the Fight to Safely Dismantle The World’s Chemical Weapons For more information please see https://vimeo.com/254920643.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Community Liasion Series],
[Series 2: Correspondence],
[Series 3: Organizations],
[Series 4: Publications and Reports],
[Series 5: Publicity],
[Series 6: Miscellaneous],
[All]

Series 4: Publications and Reports

Box 5

Folder 2: "Transportation of Chemical Agents, May-87: Full report title: "Transportation of Chemical Agents and Munitions: A Concept Plan", a first draft of the support study for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program Final Environmental Impact Statement which addresses transportation
Folder 3: "Accountability and Financial Management Improvements", May-00: Full report title: "Improvements Needed in Program Accountability and Financial Management," a GAO report regarding the disposal of chemical weapons
Folder 4: Schedules and Cost Estimates, Jul-94: Full report title: "Implementation Schedules and Cost Estimates for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program," prepared by the Kentucky Environmental Foundation
Folder 5: Schedules and Cost Estimates, Mar-95: Full report title: "Implementation Schedules and Cost Estimates for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program," prepared by the Kentucky Environmental Foundation
Folder 6: ACWA Funding/Budget, 2005: Contains a budget report in regards to the Blue Grass Project and ACWA funding.
Folder 7: Dept. of Defense Budget Estimates, Apr-95: Contains the budget estimates for the fiscal year for the Department of Defense
Folder 8: Dept. of Army Budget Estimates, Feb. 2004: Contains the budget estimates for the fiscal year for the Department of the Army
Folder 9: Annual Status Reports, 1986-1988: Contains annual status reports for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 10: Annual Status Report, Dec-89: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 11: Annual Status Report, 1990: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 12: Annual Status Report, 1991: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 13: Annual Status Report, Dec-92: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 14: Annual Status Report, Dec-93: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 15: Annual Status Report, Dec-94: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 16: Annual Status Report, 1995: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 17: Annual Status Report, 1997: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 18: Annual Status Report, 1998: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program

Box 6

Folder 1: Annual Status Reprot, 1999: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 2: Annual Status Report, 2000: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 3: Annual Status Report, 2001: Contains an annual status report for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 4: NRC: "Disposal of Chemical Munitions and Agents", 1984: Contains a copy of "Disposal of Chemical Munitions and Agents" published by the National Research Council
Folder 5: NRC: "Alternative Technologies, 1993: Contains a copy of "Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions" published by the National Research Council
Folder 6: NRC: "Recommendations for the Disposal, 1994: Contains a copy of "Recommendations for the Disposal of Chemical Agents & Munitions" published by the National Research Counsil
Folder 7: NRC: "Evaluation of the JACADS, 1994: Contains a copy of "Evaluation of the JACADS Operational Verification Testing" Part II, published by the National Research Council
Folder 8: NRC: "Review of Monitoring Activities, 1994: Contains a copy of "Review of Monitoring Activities Within the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program" published by the National Research Council
Folder 9: NRC: "Evaluation of the Army's Draft Assessment Criteria, 1995: Contains a copy of "Evaluation of the Army's Draft Assessment Criteria to Aid in the Selection of Alternative Technologies for Chemical Demilitarization" published by the National Research Council
Folder 10: NRC: "Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates, 1997: Contains a copy of "Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates for Selected Chemical-Warfare Agents" published by the National Research Council
Folder 11: NRC: "Using Superficial Water Oxidation, 1998: Contains a copy of "Using Superficial Water Oxidation to Treat Hydrolysate from VX Neutralization" published by the National Research Council
Folder 12: NRC: "Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results, ca. 2000: Contains a copy of "Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons" published by the National Research Council

Box 7

Folder 1: NRC: "Analysis of Engineering Design Studies, 2002: Contains a copy of "Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot" published by the National Research Council
Folder 2: NRC: "Evaluation of Chemical Events, ca. 2002: Contains a copy of "Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities" published by the National Research Council
Folder 3: NRC: "Assessment of Processing Gelled GB M55 Rockets, 2003: Contains a copy of "Assessment of Processing Gelled GB M55 Rockets at Anniston" published by the National Research Council
Folder 4: NRC: "Effects of Degraded Agent and Munitions, 2004: Contains a copy of "Effects of Degraded Agent and Munitions Anomalies on Chemical Stockpile Disposal Operations" published by the National Research Council
Folder 5: NRC: Interim Design Assessment, ca. 2005: Contains the interim design assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant published by the National Research Council
Folder 6: NRC: ", 2008: Contains a copy of "Review and Assessment of Developmental Issues Concerning the Metal Parts Treater Design for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant" published by the National Research Council
Folder 7: NRC: "Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning, ca. 2008: Contains a copy of "Review of Secondary Waste Disposal Planning for the Blue Grass and Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants" published by the National Research Council
Folder 8: GAO Congressional Reports, 1987-1991: Contains reports to Congress from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 9: GAO Congressional Reports, 1991-1994: Contains reports to Congress from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 10: GAO Congressional Reports, 1996-1997: Contains reports to Congress from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program

Box 8

Folder 1: GAO Congressional Reports, 1998-2001: Contains reports to Congress from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 2: GAO Congressional Reports, 2003-2005: Contains reports to Congress from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 3: GAO Congressional Reports, 2005-2007: Contains reports to Congress from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 4: GAO Miscellaenous Reports, 1999: Contains miscellaneous reports from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 5: GAO Miscellaenous Reports, 1999-2007: Contains miscellaneous reports from the GAO (General Accounting Office) regarding chemical weapons and the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
Folder 6: ACWA Annual Report, 1997-1998: Contains annual reports from ACWA to Congress - regarding chemical weapons
Folder 7: ACWA Annual Report, 2001-2002: Contains annual reports from ACWA to Congress - regarding chemical weapons
Folder 8: Other Army Reports, 1986: Contains "Chemical Stockpile Disposal Concept Plan" produced by the U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency

Box 9

Folder 1: Other Army Reports, 1987: Contains "Current Status of Panel Guidance on Safe Transportation of Chemical Munitions" prepared by the MITRE Corporation for the Army Transportation Panel Meeting
Folder 2: Other Army Reports, 1993: Contains "Physical and Chemical Integrity of the Chemical Weapons Stockpile: Assessment of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile: Integrity and Risk Analysis" prepared by the MITRE Corporation for the U.S. Army
Folder 3: Other Army Reports, 1993: Contains a Survey and Analysis Report prepared by the Program Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel for the U.S. Army Chemical Materiel Destruction Agency
Folder 4: Other Army Reports, 1994-1996: Contains the following publications: "U.S.Army's Alternative Demilitarization Technology Report for Congress", "U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity: M55 Rocket Storage Life Evaluation", "Department of Defense's Interim Status Assessment for the Chemical Demilitarization Program," "AMSAA Summary Report: Special Publiation No. 75, Technical and Economic Analysis Comparing Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies to the Baseline"
Folder 5: Other Army Reports, 1998: Contains "United States Department of Defene Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment: Environmental Assessment of Demonstration Testing"
Folder 6: Other Army Reports, 1999: Contains the following publications: "Chemical Demilitarization Program - Program Funding Execution Assessment" from the Under Secretary of Defense and "Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program: Supplemental Report to Congress" from the Department of Defense and ACWA
Folder 7: Other Army Reports, 1999-2000: Contains the continuation of "Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment Program: Supplemental Report to Congress" from the Department of Defense and ACWA, "An Assessment of the External Factors Influencing Schedule and Cost Risks of the Chemical Demilitarization PRogram" from the Department of Defense, and "Report of the Secretary of Defense to the Congressional Defense Committees on the Management of the Chemical Demilitarization Program" for the Department of Defense
Folder 8: Other Army Reports, 2001-2005: Contains "Acquisition: The Chemical Demilitarization Program: Increased Costs for Stockpile and Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Disposal Programs" from the Department of Defense and "U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency: Blue Grass Chemical Activity Site-Specific Monitoring Plan"

Box 10

Folder 1: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1987: Contains two reports regarding transportation for chemical weapons, prepared for the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization
Folder 2: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1987: Contains a report regarding transportation for chemical weapons, prepared for the Program Manager for Chemical Weapons
Folder 3: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1987: Contains "Report of the Kentucky Community Study Group" for the PMCD
Folder 4: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1988: Contains "Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement"
Folder 5: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1991-1995: Contains: "System Safety Management Plan for the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program", "Demilitarization of Chemical Agents by Hydrolysis and Supercritical Water Oxidation" produced by General Atomics, and "Alternative Technology Program: Trade-Off Analysis and Best Technical Approach for HD and VX Destruction Technologies"

Box 11

Folder 1: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1996: Contains "Alternative Technology Program: Evaluation Report"
Folder 2: US Army Program Manager Reports, 1997: Contains "Guide to Risk Management Policies and Activities"
Folder 3: US Army Program Manager Reports, 2002: Contains "M55 Rocket Assessment Summary Report"
Folder 4: Other Reports, 1986: Contains "Concept Study for LBAD Stockpile Movement By Aircraft" prepared by Richard G. Roux, Edward L. Meseke, Michael R. Castaldi, and William F. Spurgeon
Folder 5: Other Reports, 1987-1991: Contains "Informing and Educating the Public about Risk", "Current Status of Panel Guidance on Safe Transportation of Chemical Munitions" prepared for the Army Transportation Panel Meeting, "Umatatilla Army Depot Activity" in a partial report/transcription, "The Disposition of the Current Stockpile of Chemical Munitions and Agents", "Bluegrass Tomorrow Annual Activity Report", and another partial report on chemical weapons
Folder 6: Other Reports, 1991: Contains "Alternative Technologies for the Detoxification of Chemical Weapons: An Information Document" and "Information Relating to the Effects of Waste Incinerators on the Thoroughbred Industry"
Folder 7: Other Reports, 1991-1993: Contains "Chemical Weapons Disposal: The Threat at Home", "The Citizens' Viewpoint: Citizen Perspectives on The Army's Plan to Build A Nerve Agent Incinerator in Madison County, Kentucky" compiled by the Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Common Ground, and Concerned Citizens of Madison County, "Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission Report", "Bluegrass Tomorrow: A Planned Regional Vision for the 21st Century - A Report to Participants, Members, and Interested Citizens", and "The Social Spatiality of NIMBY: A Case Study of Citizen Opposition to an Army Nerve Gas Incinerator in Central Kentucky" a thesis by Roger L. Miller at University of Kentucky
Folder 8: Other Reports, 1994-1999: Contains "The U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Program: Views, Analysis, and Recommendations" from the Henry L. Stimson Center, "Appendix C: Blue Grass Army Depot Site Report", "Comparative Risk Assessment of Alternative Management and Treatment Options for the Army Chemical Weapon Incineration Program" from the Institute for Environmental Studies, and a review of Open Deficiency Reports

Box 12

Folder 1: Other Reports, 1999: Contains a report on transportation routes of chemical weapon destruction sites and weekly reports from the Operational Review Team
Folder 2: Other Reports, 1999-2000: Contains continued weekly reports from the Operational Review Team and a final report from the Operations Schedule Task Force
Folder 3: Other Reports, 2001: Contains a doctorate dissertation by Robert Futrell: "Struggling for Democracy: Environmental Politics of Chemical Weapons Disposal"
Folder 4: Other Reports, 2001: Contains a doctorate dissertation by Talina Rose Mathews: "Measuring Benefits of Reducing Perceived Risk: Aging Chemical Weapons"
Folder 5: Other Reports, 2006: Contains "Blue Grass Chemical Activity Quantitative Risk Assessment" prepared by Science Applications International Corporation
Folder 6: Other Reports, 2007-2015: Contains "Static Detonation Chamber: Background Information" provided to Secondary Waste Working Group of the Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board" and "Review Criteria for Successful Treatment of Hydrolysate at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant"
Folder 7: Other Analysis Reports, 1985, 1992: Contains "Independent Evaluation/Assessment of Rocket, 115MM: Chemical Agent (GB or VX), M55" by the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity" and "Disposal of Chemical Weapons: An Analysis of Alternatives to Incineration" a draft to Congress

Box 13

Folder 1: Technical Reports, 1982: Contains a technical report titled, "The Feasibility of Chemical Munition Disposal Using Nuclear Explosions" prepared for the Defense Nuclear Agency
Folder 2: Technical Reports, 1984: Contains a technical report titled, "Compounds Formed From the Chemical Decontamination of HD, GB, and VX and Their Environmental Fate" for the U.S. Army Medical Bioengineering Research & Development Laboratory. Also contains snippets from other technical reports regarding chemical weapon destruction
Folder 3: Technical Reports, 1985: Contains a technical report: "Evaluation Criteria and Ranking System for a Comparative Analysis of M55 Rockets Disposal Options"
Folder 4: Technical Reports, 1985: Contains a technical report: "M55 Rocket Separation study"
Folder 5: Technical Reports, 1996: Contains a technical report: "Master Action Plan for M55 Rockets"
Folder 6: Technical Reports, 2001-2002: Contains the following technical reports: "Chemical Munition Specific Information for the Assembled Chemical Weapon Assessment Program" and "Critical Evaluation of Proven Chemical Weapon Destruction Technologies"