United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-12-20 monographic deposited born digital 38 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-55 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55 P0b002ee18038dcd4 f:ns95055 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55 NSIAD-95-55 Chemical warfare Hazardous substances Property disposal Munitions Cost analysis Environmental impact statements Army supplies Federal/state relations Future budget projections Military materiel Army Chemical Munitions Stockpile Disposal Program Army Chemical Munitions Nonstockpile Disposal Program Letter Report NSIAD The Army's plans for destroying nonstockpile chemical warfare materiel are not final and, as a result, its $17.7-billion cost estimate is uncertain and cannot be used for budget purposes. This uncertainty is largely because the amount of materiel to be disposed of has not been fully identified and the disposal methods cannot be selected until the Army is further along in the environmental assessment and permitting process. Although the Army has good information about some categories of nonstockpile materiel, the amount and condition of other materiel are unknown. For example, the Army knows little about the agents inside recovered chemical weapons or the nature of contaminated materiel at former production plants. Also, the Army has little information on the nature and extent of buried chemical agents, which are estimated to be located at 215 sites in 33 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, D.C. The Army will need to comply with federal, state, and local laws; obtain the necessary environmental approvals and permits; and address the strong public opposition to chemical weapons incineration. On the basis of difficulties experienced in the stockpile disposal program, GAO believes that the Army's estimated cost of the nonstockpile program is likely to increase and its proposed schedule to slip. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-55 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-55 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-55; Chemical Weapons Disposal: Plans for Nonstockpile Chemical Warfare Materiel Can Be Improved; Chemical warfare Hazardous substances Property disposal Munitions Cost analysis Environmental impact statements Army supplies Federal/state relations Future budget projections Military materiel Army Chemical Munitions Stockpile Disposal Program Army Chemical Munitions Nonstockpile Disposal Program Public Law 102-484