PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2343 alternatives to the use of the Arm/s baseline disassembly and incineration process for the disposal of lethal chemical agents and munitions. The report shall include the following: (1) An analysis of the report of the Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technolo^es of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. (2) Any recommendations that the National Academy of Sciences makes to the Army regarding the report of that committee, together with the Secretary's evaluation of those recommendations. (3) A comparison of the baseline disassembly and incineration process with each alternative technology evaluated in the report of such committee that the National Academy of Sciences recommends for use in the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, taking into consideration each of the following factors: (A) Safety. (B) Environmental protection. (C) Cost effectiveness. (4) For each alternative technology recommended by the National Academy of Sciences, the date by which the Army coidd reasonablv be expected to systematize, construct, and test the technology, obtain all necessary environmental and other permits necessary for using that technology for the disposal of lethal chemical agents and munitions, and have the technology available for full-scale chemical weapons destruction and demilitarization operations. (5) A description of alternatives to incineration that are being developed by Russia for use in its chemical demilitarization program and an assessment of the extent to which such alternatives could be used to destroy lethal chemical weapons in the United States inventory of such weapons. (6) Consideration of appropriate concerns arising from meetings of the Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commissions established pursuant to section 172. (7) In any case in which the criteria specified in section 174 are met, notification that the Secretary intends to implement an alternative technology disposal process at a low-volimie site. (b) LIMITATION.— (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of the Army may not commence site preparation for, or construction of, a facility for disassembly and incineration of chemical agents until the report required under subsection (a) is submitted to Congress. (2) The limitation in paragraph (1) does not apply to any facility for disassembly and incineration of chemical agents (of the eight such facilities identified in the Aimy Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program) at which site preparation or construction has commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) Except as provided in section 175, the limitation in paragraph (1) does not apply to the following: (A) Facility design activities. (B) The obtaining of environmental permits. (C) Project planning. (D) Procurement of equipment for installation in a facility. (E) Dual purpose depot support construction projects which are needed to ensure the continuing safe storage of chemical
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