Political Quotes

“this is an issue that hits home for me. We have a facility in Richmond, KY, known as the Lexington Blue Grass Army Depot. This facility houses the most dangerous chemical agents known to mankind such as GB, VX, and mustard agents in various projectiles and rockets. Given the extremely hazardous nature of these agents, my primary concern must be for the health and safety of Kentuckians, and all Americans who live near these obsolete weapons. And I am not alone. Acting out of the same concerns, the State of Kentucky has put into place rigorous regulations governing the permit process for operating an incinerator to destroy chemical weapons. To date, the Army has failed to get a permit from the Kentucky State EPA because the Army has failed in its application to meet several basic tests, including providing sufficient evidence that: Neither humans nor the environment will be harmed by emissions from the incinerator; burning the chemical weapons would be safer than any possible alternative technologies; should the incinerator malfunction, enough of the nerve gas would be destroyed instead of released; and during a worst-case scenario accident, there are adequate plans in place for evacuating the public. In 1981, the Army chose the baseline incineration process as the best and safest method for destroying chemical weapons.”