STOCKTON, Tooele County — Managers of the Army's chemical weapons incinerator suspended its burning of nerve agent munitions Thursday to review configuration and compliance.
     
      The system recently implemented a new code associated with controls and reporting of incidents, for a program known as the Maximum Achievable Controls Technology. But a "greater than anticipated number of alarms" resulted, according to a press release issued by Alaine Southworth of Deseret Chemical Depot, the Army base housing the incinerator.
     
      The alarms do not mean dangerous material was escaping. They are tied in with monitoring devices that check such factors as pressure, carbon monoxide concentration and oxygen concentration. They have "registered" during activities other than processing chemical weapons, like instrument calibration and tests, says the statement.
     
      While managers suspended the disposal of nerve agent spray tanks and the processing of agent during the review, other operations continue including processing spent decontamination solutions.
     
      "This review is a sound course of action and emphasizes the Army's commitment to air quality," said Ted Ryba, acting site project manager for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, according to the release. This will ensure that the plant comes fully into compliance with Maximum Achievable Controls Technology, he added.
     
      The review is expected to last a week to 10 days.