GREEN ARMY TECH
CLOSED DISPOSAL
Example of a Closed Disposal Technology at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma. Pictured here are the McAlester Ammunition Peculiar Equipment (APE) 1236 Rotary Kiln Incinerator thermal treatment system and the Munitions Cryo- Fracture Demilitarization Facility, which prepares munitions for feeding into the APE1236 for demilitarization. (Photo by Brent Hunt, Tooele Army Depot)
Tis will include determining where alter- native technologies will be installed and how the projects will be executed. Both an acquisition strategy and a funding plan also will be developed, and from this an implementation timeline will be estab- lished. Construction usually requires funding from DOD’s Military Construc- tion program and is a lengthy process to receive and implement. Te demilitariza- tion enterprise is requesting Procurement of Ammunition Army (PAA) funding on Product Director Demilitarization’s EP1700 funding line during the recent fiscal year 2026-30 Program Objective Memorandum funding requests. An act of Congress would be required to allow PAA funds to be used for construction, alternate technology or otherwise.
CONCLUSION In the 1980s, regulations allowed the permitting of open burning and open detonation to demilitarize munitions. On May 19, 1980, 45 Federal Regis- ter 33063-33285, page 33217, allowed
the open burning and open detona- tion of waste explosives, within specified distance and weight limitations, during an interim status permitting period. On Dec. 10, 1987, in 52 Federal Register 46.946, 46.949-50, 46.957-58, the EPA concluded that facilities conducting open burning and open detonation of waste explosives would receive permits under the RCRA Subpart X provisions as miscellaneous units. Since then, DOD has been proac- tively reducing the number of permitted open burning and open detonation units from 114 to 34, a 70% reduction. More- over, DOD facilities reduced the quantity of munitions treated by open burning and open detonation by 58% over the past 20 years.
Te demilitarization industrial base is currently facing both technological and funding constraints in the implementation of additional closed disposal technology solutions. By developing a comprehensive acquisition strategy and funding plan, it will enable Army leaders to make informed
decisions on the necessity and urgency of funding future demilitarization technol- ogy projects.
For more information, email the author at
james.c.terhune2.civ@
army.mil.
JAMES TERHUNE is the product director
demilitarization within
the
Project Director Joint Services. He holds an M.S. in technology management from the Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Lehigh University. He is a 2021 graduate of the Defense Acquisition University Senior Service College Fellowship. He is certified as Advanced in program management and as Practitioner in engineering and technical management and business – financial management.
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