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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 152-97
April 03, 1997

CORRECTION CORRECTION CORRECTION DOD HOSTS THIRD CHEMICAL DEMIL ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM

Today, the Department of Defense hosted the Third Chemical Demilitarization Environmental Forum in Birmingham, Ala. The Forum is part of an ongoing process to identify problems and to communicate with the communities at large that are affected by the national program to destroy the stockpile of chemical weapons in a safe and environmentally acceptable manner.

Co-hosting the Forum was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Sherri Goodman and Assistant Secretary of the Army, Gil Decker AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MATTERS, Dr. Ted Prociv. Mr. Mike Parker, Program Manager for alternatives technologies also participated.