Pueblo Depot Has "Successful" Inspection
Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010

A team of inspectors from the international organization charged with overseeing implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention traveled to Colorado last week for the yearly audit of munitions stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, the Pueblo Chieftain reported (see GSN, March 2).

Inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons spent four days examining every storage igloo at the depot, which houses 780,000 munitions filled with mustard blister agent. Disposal of the weapons is scheduled to begin in 2015.

"This operation was a smooth and professional endeavor," Pueblo Depot Treaty Compliance Officer Lisabeth Wachutka said. "All parties involved worked together to execute a highly successful inspection."

The Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky passed its own an annual OPCW inspection last month .