Program
Concept
The United States Congress
has directed that certain kinds of
chemical weapons stockpiled at eight U.S.
Army installations in the continental
United States must be destroyed over the
next several years. In eight designated
communities, emergency plans and
capabilities are being expanded for the
slight but real threat of an emergency
involving chemical agents. Overall, this
effort is called the Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
or CSEPP.
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Participating
Government Organizations
Department
of the Army
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS)
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CSEPP
Communities
The
stockpiles are located in eight
communities in the continental United
States and on Johnston Atoll, an island
in the Pacific. Because two of the eight
stockpile sites are near state borders,
39 counties in 10 states participate in
the program. The Army stockpile sites and
participating states are:
Anniston
Chemical Activity located on Anniston
Army Depot (Alabama)
