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Reports on the plan of the United States Army of building incinerators to destroy the chemical weapons stockpile. Cost of construction; Features and design of the incinerator; Construction of the Toole Army Depot in Utah; Study by the National Research Council on the technologies used in decommissioning chemical weapons; Procedures in the decommissioning process; Environmental aspects of the process.

The article discusses a stop-work order issued by Maryland Department of the Environment that placed the early-stage construction of an incinerator and powerplant project near Baltimore at a standstill. Topics discussed include the need for the plant owner Energy Answers International to comply with restrictions on its air-quality permit, concerns by local opponents over the violation and classification of Baltimore as one of the worst polluted areas in the U.S.

Reports on the U.S. Army's plan to proceed with the construction of its chemical weapons incinerator in Tooele, Utah after design and safety reviews failed to substantiate claims that the plant is unsafe. Plant review released by the Army Corp of Engineers; Plans to build seven more plans using the same design used in Tooele.