Table 9-2. Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization Facilities and Capabilities (AMCCOM)-Continued

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Table 9-2. Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization Facilities and Capabilities (AMCCOM)-Continued

LEXINGTON BLUE-GRASS ARMY DEPOT ACTIVITY

Disassembly

Deactivation

facilities

Washout

furnace

Detonation

Open burning

Bldgs 550,555,562-

APE 1300 Plant with

Bldg 273-

30 detonation sites

Burning area.

Each 18,000 sq ft

pilot model char-

Small Arms Breakdown

with electrical fir-

(Bldgs 550,555

coal filter system

Facility.

ing system.

each have powder

installed. Addi-

APE 1236 W/KIT E010

Meteorological conditions

collection systems.)

tional charcoal

dictate when munitions

Center substantial

column required.

can be burned.

wall with operational

Detonation restric-

bays.

Bldg 275-

tion: 50 lb below

Power conveyors.

Contaminated Waste

ground with 4 feet

Full complement of APE

Processor (small

earth cover; 100

disassembly and

unit) will be

lb below ground

breakdown equipment.

completed sometime

with 6 feet earth

this year.

cover.

Bldg 1166-

Disassembly barricade

Under ideal weather

for remote disas-

conditions, the

sembly of items with

upper limit may

less than 50 lb of

be used.

explosive.

NOTE: Upper limit

Bldg 1319-

seldom used because

Disassembly barricade

of blast pressures

for remote disas-

affecting neighbor-

sembly of items with

ing residences.

more than 50 lb of

explosive.

The only open burning permitted by the Kentucky Environmental Protection Agency is for propellant which has reached a point of unacceptable stability.

Detonation is restricted to H.E. loaded munition on a specific item-by-item basis by the Kentucky Environmental Protection Agency.

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