Public Meeting Scheduled on Chemical Weapons Destruction: All You Need to Know

RICHMOND, Ky. – Aug. 21, 2023 – The Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission (CAC) and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board (CDCAB) will host a public meeting on Sept. 6, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., at Eastern Kentucky University’s Carl D. Perkins Building in Richmond, Kentucky.

The meeting is convened to keep the community informed and receive feedback about the closure phase and processing of agent-contaminated secondary waste, following the completion of chemical weapons destruction operations at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).

Co-chaired by Craig Williams and Doug Hindman, the CAC represents community and state interests to the U.S. Army and Department of Defense. The CDCAB, an independent subcommittee co-chaired by Madison County Judge-Executive Reagan Taylor and Craig Williams, consists of a diverse group of community leaders concerned with Kentucky’s chemical weapons destruction program.

The meeting is open to the public and will take place in Rooms A and B on the lobby level of the venue, which is located on Kit Carson Drive. Accessibility accommodations, including wheelchair access and alternate formats, are available. Requests for sign language interpreters and other reasonable accommodations should be made no later than Sept. 1, 2023, by contacting the Blue Grass Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office staff at (859) 626-8944 or bgoutreach@iem.com.

Those unable to attend in person may view a live video stream of the meeting on the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/usaeacwa and the PEO ACWA Facebook page at www.facebook.com/peoacwa. During the livestream, viewers may interact by asking questions and making comments.

Further information about the program that destroyed the chemical weapons at BGAD can be found on the PEO ACWA website at www.peoacwa.army.mil.