Evaluation of the Army's Draft Assessment Criteria to Aid in the Selection of Alternative Technologies for Chemical Demilitarization -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- COMMITTEE EVALUATION PROCESS -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- THE ARMY'S ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM -- THE ARMY'S DRAFT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA -- EVALUATION PROCESS -- 2 Alternative Technology Research and Development Program -- CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES -- DECISIONS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES -- ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY RDT&E PROGRAM ELEMENTS -- 3 Critical Factors for Evaluating Criteria -- DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FACTORS UNDERLYING CRITERIA -- SYNOPSIS OF CRITICAL FACTORS -- PROCESS EFFICACY -- Detoxification of Agent -- Achieving Treaty Requirements -- Achieving Environmental and Other Regulatory Requirements -- Management of Process Residuals -- Process Stability, Reliability, and Robustness -- Process Monitoring -- Natural Resource Requirements -- Scale-up Requirements -- Applicability to Other Wastes -- PROCESS SAFETY -- Plant Safety and Health Risks -- Community Safety, Health, and Environmental Risks -- Storage Risks -- SCHEDULE -- PROCESS COSTS -- Extended Stockpile Storage Interval -- Process Development -- Process Implementation and Operation -- Plant Disassembly -- Discounting -- 4 Information Needed for the Army's Decision -- INFORMATION INDEPENDENT OF PROCESS CHOICE -- Standards of Performance -- Agent Destruction and Reversibility -- Agent Characterization -- Allowable Discharge (or Transport) Limits -- Safety-Fire and Explosion -- Safety-Reaction Stability -- Information Needed for Each Alternative Process Prior to Process Selection -- Site-Specific Conceptual Design Packages -- Conceptual Design -- Further Development and Demonstration Plans.

Additional Planning Information -- Contingency Planning -- Site- and Technology-Specific Risk Assessments -- Accident Risk Comparison -- Environmental Risk Comparison -- Health Risk Comparison -- TREATMENT OF UNCERTAINTY -- 5 Summary and Evaluation of the Army's Criteria Document -- SUMMARY OF THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA DOCUMENT -- Criteria Development -- Basic Evaluation Categories -- Public Law -- Regulatory and Legal -- Environmental Protection -- Worker Safety -- Public Acceptance -- Public Health and Safety -- Schedule -- Cost -- Research, Development, and Testing -- Process Design -- EVALUATION OF THE ARMY DRAFT ASSESSMENT CRITERIA -- Process Efficacy -- Detoxification of Agent -- Achieving Treaty Requirements -- Achieving Environmental and Other Regulatory Requirements -- Management of Process Residuals -- Process Stability, Reliability, and Robustness -- Process Monitoring -- Natural Resource Requirements -- Scale-up Requirements -- Applicability of Other Wastes -- Process Safety -- On-site Safety and Health Risks -- Community Safety, Health, and Environmental Risks -- Storage Risks -- Schedule -- Process Costs -- Extended Stockpile Storage Interval -- Process Development -- Process Implementation and Operation -- Plant Disassembly -- Discounting -- Summary of the Discussion of Critical Factors Question -- Generic Standards of Performance -- Generic Safety Considerations -- Process-specific Information Needs -- Risk Assessment -- Use of Information -- Defining the Methodology -- Integrating the Data -- Objectivity of the Decision Process -- Public Acceptance Criteria -- An Alternative Approach to Public Acceptance Issues -- Dialog with Host Communities -- Opportunities for Involving Host Communities in Program-Milestone Decisions -- 6 Findings and Recommendations -- PRESENTATION AND USE -- PUBLIC CONCERNS AND INPUT -- SCHEDULE FACTORS.

Appendix A Public Law 102-484-Oct. 23, 1992 (Extract) -- Subtitle G-Chemical Demilitarization Program -- Appendix B Public Input on Critical Factors -- DISTRIBUTION LIST -- Appendix C U.S. Army Chemical Demilitarization and Remediation Activity -- ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS -- Appendix D Biographical Sketches -- Dr. Richard S. Magee, Chairman -- Dr. Elisabeth M. Drake, Vice Chairman -- Dr. Dennis C. Bley -- Dr. Colin G. Drury -- Mr. Gene H. Dyer -- Major General Vincent E. Falter -- Dr. Ann Fisher -- Dr. J. Robert Gibson -- Dr. Charles E. Kolb -- Dr. David S. Kosson -- Dr. Walter G. May -- Dr. Alvin H. Mushkatel -- Mr. Peter J. Niemiec -- Dr. George W. Parshall -- Dr. James R. Wild -- Dr. Jya-Syin Wu -- References.