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• Umatilla depot to deliver last chemical containers

  Umatilla depot to deliver last chemical containers

  HERMISTON -- The Umatilla Chemical Depot plans to take its final containers of chemical weapon agent to the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility on Oct. 20.

  A ceremony for workers is planned that day to mark delivery of the last mustard ton containers to the incineration facility.

  The final shipment of chemical weapons will occur 70 years after the depot's formation Oct. 14, 1941. The depot received its first conventional weapons that year, and chemical weapons were brought to the depot in 1962 and have been stored there since.

• 90 percent mark hit at depot incineration plant

  90 percent mark hit at depot incineration plant

  HERMISTON -- The incineration plant at the Umatilla Chemical Depot has destroyed 90 percent of the mustard chemical weapon agent stored at the depot.

  Wednesday, the 2,371st ton container of mustard agent was destroyed in the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility to hit the 90 percent disposal mark for the agent.

  The mustard agent is the last of the chemical munitions remaining at the site. Depot officials expect the final mustard agent to be destroyed in November, a little more than seven years after the first chemical munition was destroyed Sept. 8, 2004.

• Hermiston depot closure to be addressed at forum

  Hermiston depot closure to be addressed at forum

  HERMISTON -- A forum on the regional impacts of the closure of the Umatilla Army Depot is planned for Wednesday.

  The last of the chemical weapons stored at the depot is scheduled to be destroyed in November. The forum will discuss effects on businesses, the economy and land use.

  A panel for the forum will include representatives from the Army, the depot's Reuse Authority, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. An economist from Oregon State University also is scheduled to speak.

• Umatilla Chemical Depot delivers last weapons for incineration

  Umatilla Chemical Depot delivers last weapons for incineration

  HERMISTON -- The last container of chemical weapons agent stored at the Umatilla Chemical Depot was delivered to the depot's incineration plant at 11 a.m. Thursday.

  "This is a historic date," said Chris Brown, director of the Oregon Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, or CSEPP.

  For the first time in 49 years, chemical munitions are not stored at the depot and next week the last of the containers of chemical munitions could be destroyed.

• Home Depot offering Christmas light trade-ins

  Home Depot offering Christmas light trade-ins

  The Home Depot's annual Eco Options Christmas Light Trade-In event is under way.

  Through Nov. 13, customers can bring in their old or non-working Christmas lights to be recycled and receive a coupon for up to $5 off the price of energy efficient LED string lights.

  Customers must purchase their new lights before Nov. 13 and are limited to five redemptions.