Envirocon Starts Demolition on Utah Weapons Depot

Last week Envirocon started demolition on the former Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Tooele, Utah

The property last year was transferred to the control of the nearby Tooele Army Depot and given the new designation as that depot’s South Area.

The first two modular buildings were set to kick off the demolition. The first was a building that housed foreign inspectors to ensured U.S. compliance with the convention treaty. The other building was used for support those inspectors.

Thomas Ball, the staff engineer and Utah Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, who oversees the Army’s cleanup of the remaining waste, said the Army will probably spend several more years removing burnt or buried munitions, some of which contain chemical weapons that were not subject to the treaty.

The demolition is expected to take nine months and will bookend the former facility’s role in complying with the international Chemical Weapons Convention.