Mustard Agent Tanks Removed from APG 7:40 AM

Feb 18, 2005 7:40 am US/Eastern
Aberdeen, MD (WJZ) The Army says it has removed the last bulk chemical agent tanks from storage at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

That ends one portion of a nationwide chemical weapons disposal project.

Under an international treaty, more than 1,600 tons of mustard gas agent were sent to Aberdeen for disposal.

Wastewater from the project was shipped to a DuPont Company treatment plant in New Jersey on the Delaware River.

The disposal project at the base began two years ago.

The Army accelerated plans to destroy the supply after the September 11th terrorist attacks raised worries about an attack at the base.